Know what a study asks
before you make the call .

Orva explains clinical research in six areas of health, opens the public register for each one, and sends optional updates by text. What you do next is up to you.

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Six areas of research:

How Orva works

Read about the research, find it on the register, then make the call yourself

See how it works
01

Read

Read what studies
in an area look at

02

Search

Open the live register,
already filtered

03

Contact

Call the study team
it lists, if you wish

Multiple sclerosis, Epilepsy, Chronic cough, Alopecia, Gout, Anemia, Study listings, Plain words, Your data, Follow-up visits, Updates by text

A doctor at her desk talking with a patient in a bright consulting room
See the six areas
What Orva covers

Six areas of health, and the help
to read the research in each

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Multiple Sclerosis

Relapses, progression, fatigue and walking: research on how MS behaves and how to slow it.

Epilepsy & Seizures

For seizures that keep coming despite treatment: added medicines, devices, diet and detection.

Chronic Cough

A cough that stays for months after tests find no cause. Research on the reflex behind it.

Hair Loss & Alopecia

Patchy, pattern and scarring hair loss: research on medicines, devices and why it happens.

Gout & Uric Acid

Painful flares and the uric acid behind them: research on lowering it and calming attacks.

Anemia & Iron

Low iron and low red cells: research on infusions, tablets and the conditions behind them.

Plain-word guides

Three guides that help with any area: reading a listing, your data, and long studies.

Updates by text

Occasional texts or emails about research in the six areas. One reply stops them.

Before you join

Questions worth asking a study team,
and where to read more

Which lines in the criteria apply to me, and which can you check for me?

On the first call

Guide: how to read a study listing

Who will see information that carries my name?

Before you sign

Guide: what happens to your data

How long does my part last, and how often are the visits?

Before screening

Guide: long studies and follow-up

Can I keep seeing my own doctor during the study?

Any time

How Orva works: your rights

Kinds of study

Two kinds of study, and what each one asks of you

Early phase

Safety first

  • Small groups of people
  • Close watch on safety and dose
  • Often short, with frequent visits
  • Sometimes healthy volunteers
Read a listing

Later phase

Compare

  • Larger groups, often at many sites
  • Compared with placebo or usual care
  • Months or longer
  • Random assignment to groups
Read a listing

Extension

Continue

  • Follows a main study
  • Everyone receives the study treatment
  • Watches long-term safety
  • A separate, optional choice
Read a listing
Have a question?

Things people ask before they sign up

An information service about clinical research in six areas of health. Orva explains what studies look at, links to the public register, and sends optional updates by text or email. It does not run studies or treat anyone.

No. A text or email from Orva can tell you about research, but it never enrolls you in anything. If a study interests you, you contact its team yourself, and the team decides who takes part.

No. Your details stay with Orva and are used only to send the updates you asked for. Study teams, sponsors and research sites never receive them.

Nothing Orva offers costs anything. Message and data rates from your mobile carrier may apply to texts.

Only now and then, and never more than four times in a month. Reply STOP to any text to end them, or HELP for help.

Get study updates by text

Occasional texts or emails about research in Orva’s six areas, from Orva alone.

Go to the sign-up

It is free, the text box is optional, and one reply stops the texts.

Read the listing, Ask the team, Decide for yourself, Stay informed

Your rights

What every study volunteer can count on

How Orva
works
Leaving at any timeYour right

You can stop taking part in a study whenever you choose, without giving a reason. Your regular care carries on exactly as before.

Questions come firstYour right

Before you agree to anything, the study team explains the study and answers your questions. You can take the consent form home and read it there.

Keeping your own doctorYour right

A study does not replace your own doctor. You keep seeing them, and you can ask the study team to keep them informed.

Hearing what changesYour right

If the team learns something during the study that might change your mind about taking part, they tell you.

An ethics reviewYour right

Research on people is reviewed by an ethics board before it begins, to check that the risks are explained and kept as low as they can be.

Guides

Read these before you make a call