Understand the process
STARTDefinitions, participation flow, and the basic structure of clinical research for prospective participants.
Evaluate Clinical Research Opportunities
Check screening steps, visit burden, payment terms, and site legitimacy before you spend time, travel, or share personal information.
SCREENING
BURDEN
COMPENSATION
VERIFICATION
Visits
Count & duration
Procedures
Labs, imaging, diaries
Logistics
Travel & timing windows
Payments
Terms & timing
Choose a path
Start with the question you need answered first.
Evaluate safety and fit
VERIFYRed flags, credibility checks, screening preparation, and decision criteria.
Find and compare studies
SEARCHWorkflow for locating studies, interpreting listings, and comparing burden, logistics, and compensation.
Understand compensation
PAYMENTHow participant compensation is commonly structured, what to clarify, and how to document payments.
Featured example listings
Independent public listings used as examples only. Clinical Forage is not affiliated with these studies, does not recruit for them, and does not receive referrals from them.
Optimizing Sleep Health in Nurses (OSHIN)
RECRUITINGStudy ID
NCT05965609
Focus
Behavioral sleep intervention for night-shift nurses
What to verify
Eligibility for shift workers, session timing, sleep-tracking requirements
The DREAM Study
RECRUITINGStudy ID
NCT06285968
Focus
Sleep-health intervention and cardiometabolic outcomes
What to verify
Intervention duration, monitoring tasks, in-person versus remote requirements
Featured guide
ESSENTIALIf you only read one page before contacting a site, start with the screening guide. It covers consent review, common assessments, and the questions that reduce surprises.
Read Screening GuideField Notes
CASE STYLENotes about scheduling, payment, diaries, and follow-up without exposing real identities.
Read Field NotesGuides
Reference articles meant to answer the questions people usually have before they participate.
How to Evaluate a Study Listing
What to extract first, what is usually missing, and how to ask the right follow-up questions.
Read guideCommon Exclusion Criteria That Surprise Participants
Medications, lab findings, recent research participation, and schedules can affect eligibility.
Read guideTravel, Timing Windows, and Participant Burden
A study with three visits can still create a large burden when the visits require fasting, missed work, long drives, strict arrival windows, or unpaid follow-up calls.
Read guideClinical Forage
Clinical Forage gives readers research-participation information, verification steps, screening questions, and compensation details to confirm before contacting a study site.
What it is
YES- Participant guide
- Source-verification and screening-prep resource
- Burden, logistics, and decision support
What it is not
NO- Not medical advice
- Not a sponsor or recruitment agency
- Not a promise of eligibility or compensation
New: Insights
PERSPECTIVEDeeper topics on screening, payment, study fit, site legitimacy, diaries, and follow-up burden.
Read InsightsExpanded: Field Notes
BOTH SIDESField Notes uses composite educational scenarios from participant and administrator perspectives.
Read Field Notes