How do you get involved in clinical trials?

[kangarooo]

Let's say I'm a practicing family physician and I see there is a phase III drug for diabetes that shows a lot of promise. Is there a way that I could go about enrolling my patients in the trial? Do companies usually ask doctors or do doctors usually ask companies? How does this work?

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[rbnsafsadgf]

Most trials have their own recruitment strategy at large academic places or have well oiled (corporate) machines to get patients/participants enrolled. There are also some smaller trials that probably enroll from private practice, but this is rare.
If you have a patient who is interested in a trial, one can always find the trial and the contact info for it at: clinicaltrials.gov .