Physicians discuss what happens if a patient changes their mind and wants to leave a clinical trial. A patient has every right to choose to stop participating in a clinical trial at whatever time point they want, even if they don't meet formal criteria for having to be taken off the trial. A patient will be removed from a study if the treatment is not working, if their cancer is continuing to grow, if researchers observe an unacceptable level of potentially serious side effects that may be life-threatening, or if the clinical trial is affecting their quality of life too much. There are also occasions where a patient finds that a clinical trial is just too time-intensive. It’s always important for a patient to talk with the researchers about their reasons for leaving the trial and to make sure that everything is done in the safest manner possible.

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