Every person who participates in a research study or clinical trial through Sutter Institute for Medical Research (SIMR) is guaranteed certain rights as covered in California's Participant Bill of Rights.

Bill of Rights

You have been asked to participate as a subject in an experimental clinical procedure. Before you decide whether you want to participate in the experimental procedure, you have a right to:

1. Be informed of the nature and purpose of the experiment;
2. Be given an explanation of the procedures to be followed in the medical experiment, and any drug or device to be utilized;
3. Be given a description of any attendant discomforts and risks reasonably to be expected from your participation in the experiment;
4. Be given an explanation of any benefits reasonably to be expected from your participation in the experiment;
5. Be given a disclosure of any appropriate alternative procedures, drugs or devices that might be advantageous to you, and their relative risks and benefits;
6. Be informed of the avenues of medical treatment, if any, available to you after the experimental procedure if complications should arise;
7. Be given an opportunity to ask any questions concerning the medical experiment or the procedures involved;
8. Be instructed that consent to participate in the experimental procedure may be withdrawn at any time and that you may discontinue participation in the medical experiment without prejudice;
9. Be given a copy of this form and the signed and dated consent form; and
10. Be given the opportunity to decide to consent or not to consent to the medical experiment without the intervention of any element of force, fraud, deceit, duress, coercion, or undue influence on your decision.