Clinical Trials
at Advocate Hope Children’s Hospital

You always want the best care for your children, but it is especially important when they are ill or have a chronic medical condition. At Advocate Hope Children's Hospital, a premier provider of health care for children throughout the Midwest, our child-friendly environment puts little ones at ease while they are cared for by expert physicians, many of whom are nationally and internationally acclaimed.

Our strong commitment to providing our patients with the latest in medical care is evident in our state-of-the-art facilities and ongoing research activities. Physicians throughout Hope Children's Hospital are actively involved in clinical trials aimed at helping children thrive. Research is currently underway in many areas including cutting edge cardiovascular techniques, Hodgkin's disease, brain tumors, bone marrow transplantation and juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Through clinical trials, Hope Children's Hospital is able to offer our patients access to the latest treatments and medications, alternatives to standard therapies and additional choices for their care.

Parents often wonder whether their child should be involved in a clinical trial. The answer is deeply personal and should be made with careful consideration of information provided by researchers, consulting physicians, primary care physicians or other medical personnel familiar with your child's situation and weighed along with feelings of family members and loved ones. A vast number of children do participate in clinical trials, and as a result great strides have been made in treating a spectrum of childhood conditions. In fact, thanks to research and clinical trials conducted over the years, children diagnosed with cancer today have a significantly better chance of surviving and going on to lead full, healthy lives.