Dinah, you are right about the importance of looking at the info provided where you have indicated.

I do want to clarify that my comment about feeling most comfortable with Phase II trials is due to personal preference on the part of myself and my husband: Our reasoning is based on our understanding that in Phase I everybody gets the drugs, but they have only previously been tested on animals so safety is an issue. This sounds a little risky to me, but that's just my opinion. Phase III didn't appeal to my husband because he WANTED to get the meds and not take a chance on getting the placebo. So, Phase II sounded like the "best bet" for us--you get the drugs and one round of testing has been completed already--presumably this is in everybody's favor. That's simply our opinion based on the research we did on our own. No person has communicated to us any experience that specifically was "for" or "against" any particular phase.

But, since we cannot participate, we'll never know one way or the other.

For everyone who is in a clinical trial, no matter what phase, that beats having no options.

Christine