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Establish Clinical Sites

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Developing clinical centers that have expertise in diagnosing and caring for patients with your disease increases the ability to conduct clinical trials and optimizes clinical care. When clinicians and staff have specialized experience and established relationships with patients, they are better prepared for conducting clinical trials. Additionally, when clinical centers have been uniformly trained in evaluation procedures, variability among the sites in the trial Network is minimized.