To learn about clinical trials and search for trials that may be available for you, here are four excellent websites:

• Learning about Clinical Trials  The National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) introduction to clinical trials.
• NCI Clinical Trials Search  Trials listed at the National Cancer Institute site overlap trial listings at ClinicalTrials.gov
• ClinicalTrials.gov  User-friendly search site developed by the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.  Companies developing drugs are required to list Phase II and III trials for their drugs here. 
• See “Understanding Clinical Trials” at ClinicalTrials.gov for good basic information on trials.

NCI Clinical Trials  Cooperative Group Program.   The Cooperative Groups design and conduct many of the studies done in advanced breast cancer after drugs are approved.   

• Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB)
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) 
• National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Group(NCIC CTG) 
• The National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP) 
• North Central Cancer Treatment Group (NCCTG 
• Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG)
  More information on clinical trials: how to find them, and what you need to know is coming soon to this webpage!