Clinical trial navigation and support

Help your patients find clinical trials

For many patients, treatment through a clinical trial provides hope and a potential cure. But finding the right trial for your patient isn’t always easy.

Our NMDPSM clinical trials navigators can help your patients, their loved ones and your team explore clinical trial options so you can stay focused on patient care. There's no cost for your patient or their family members to work with a navigator.

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How our clinical trials navigators can help

A clinical trials navigator works one-on-one with your patients and their families to help them:

  • Learn about treatment options
  • Search for trials they may qualify for
  • Get answers to their questions
  • Prepare for conversations with their doctor or study team

Our clinical trials navigators can also work directly with you or your team and save you time by:

  • Conducting a national clinical trials search on behalf of your patients
  • Providing education to support your patients as they prepare for enrollment
  • Navigating your patients through the health care system and gathering medical records
  • Applying for grants to assist your patients with travel costs to participate in a study

A bilingual navigator is available to support patients or family members who prefer to communicate in Spanish. We can also support those with other language needs through a telephone interpreter service.

Our hospital didn’t have a suitable clinical trial for my patient. The navigator was very knowledgeable and able to search for trials across the country for him.

Diane, RN, BMTCN

Transplant Coordinator

Contact an NMDP clinical trials navigator

Once you refer a patient, a clinical trials navigator will connect with you within two business days. We’ll contact your patient to assess their needs, provide education and resources, and gather their clinical history for a trial search.

We'll keep you and your team updated throughout the process.

Call or text: 1 (888) 999-6743 | Email: patientinfo@nmdp.org

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Meet our clinical trials navigators

Evelyn Bravo, a bilingual clinical trials navigator at NMDP.

Evelyn Bravo, MA, ACS LION
NMDP Clinical Trials Navigator (bilingual in English and Spanish)

Evelyn joined the NMDP Patient Support Center in 2020. She began providing clinical trials navigation support in 2022.

Prior to joining NMDP, Evelyn worked at Northside Hospital-Atlanta, where she provided medical interpretation, support and advocacy for patients and families on the blood and marrow transplant unit. She’s nationally certified as a patient navigator.

Brenna O'Brien, a clinical trials navigator at NMDP.

Brenna O'Brien, MPH, RN, ONN-CG
NMDP Clinical Trials Navigator

Brenna joined the NMDP Patient Support Center in 2017. She began providing clinical trials navigation support in 2020.

Prior to joining NMDP, Brenna worked as an inpatient nurse on the adult blood and marrow transplant unit at the University of Minnesota. She’s also certified as an oncology nurse navigator.

Clinical trials resources and support for your patients

Clinical trial travel grant

NMDP offers a clinical trial travel grant that can help some patients pay for costs like:

  • Airfare for your patient and a companion
  • Ground transportation (gas, parking and public transit)
  • Accommodations (hotel, temporary housing)

Get NMDP financial assistance information

Answers to common clinical trials questions

Patients can find information, answers to common questions and ways to request help from an NMDP clinical trials navigator.

Your patients can:

Jason Carter’s story: finding clinical trials

Five members of the Carter family looking at the camera and smiling. They're each wearing a white, short-sleeved shirt and jeans.
Jason Carter, far right, with his family

When Jason Carter was diagnosed with leukemia, his family spent hours searching for clinical trials on their own, trying to understand which trials might help.

He joined two clinical trials that gave him more time with the people he loved.

After he passed away, his parents wanted to make sure no other family had to navigate that search alone.

Their gift to NMDP helped build the clinical trial navigation support we offer patients today.

Read Jason’s story

Frequently asked questions about clinical trials navigation

Talk to an NMDP clinical trials navigator

Call or text: 1 (888) 999-6743 | Email: patientinfo@nmdp.org | Request contact