Very timely and in ever-increasing demand, services like Acurian hold a glimmer of hope to those suffering beyond the reach of currently-approved medical drug treatments and therapies. Offering state-by-state listings of clinical trials of cutting-edge drugs under investigation both by pharmaceutical manufacturers and/or academic research facilities, Acurian can serve as a vital link to users who...

The US National Institutes of Health's National Cancer Institute provides this site, a gateway to clinical trials information. Central to the site is access to PDQ (Physician Data Query), a searchable database of over 1,500 cancer trials. PDQ can be searched by up to ten diagnostic and geographic variables, as well as by trials added to the database in the last month. Retrieved information...