Clinical Trials

Cerebral Palsy Clinical Trials

Cerebral palsy (CP) is one of the neurological diseases that has been the focus of clinical trials. Specifically, researchers are evaluating stem cells as a potential medical solution for those with cerebral palsy. However, researchers have concluded that much more research must be done to determine the long-term safety and efficacy of stem cells and other treatments currently in the trial stage.

For now, medical authorities still designate cerebral palsy as incurable. While parents must make decisions for themselves about potential enrollment in clinical trials (if that is even an option), most focus on improving their child's symptoms to the greatest possible degree. You deserve all the funding you need to help your child. Call the Cerebral Palsy Lawyer Alliance today at 888-894-9067 to find out how the Alliance lawyers will fight for a fair financial recovery for you and your child.

What Treatments Are Available Right Now for Those with Cerebral Palsy?

Most of the care available for those with cerebral palsy focuses on reducing pain, increasing flexibility, and improving quality of life. The most common treatments prescribed for CP include:

Medication

Medications may be effective in alleviating:

Muscle spasticity
Seizures
Other physical symptoms of cerebral palsy
The mental health conditions someone with CP may experience as an adult (or even as a youth, in some cases)

While medication alone is generally not sufficient to address the symptoms of cerebral palsy, it is a critical treatment component for many.

Surgery

Surgeries may partially or totally correct joint, muscular, and skeletal problems common in those born with cerebral palsy. Such procedures may provide pain relief, improve mobility and flexibility, or achieve other ends.

Physical and Other Types of Therapy

Medical providers and parents of children with cerebral palsy recognize the vital importance of physical therapy. Four types of therapy that may benefit someone with cerebral palsy include:

Occupational therapy, this works to help those with CP become more independent, whether in day-to-day tasks, a school setting, a professional setting, or elsewhere
Physical therapy, this can improve the patient's balance, mobility, and overall physical strength and flexibility
Recreational therapy, aims to get the person with cerebral palsy engaged in physical activity, sometimes in a collaborative setting (with sports being a common example)
Speech and language therapy, as those with cerebral palsy may face developmental delays and struggle to speak due to the physical effects of their disease

Each person with cerebral palsy has a unique therapy regimen, and that schedule may evolve as they grow older and life circumstances change.

Assistive Devices

Braces, wheelchairs, lifts, communication devices, writing aids, and other assistive devices help those with cerebral palsy move around, stabilize themselves, express themselves, and feel a little more like their peers. These devices often cost tens of thousands of dollars, if not more.

An attorney from the Cerebral Palsy Lawyer Alliance will strive to secure the compensation your child needs for all CP-related medical care, including when they become an adult. While such costs can be difficult to project, we work with experienced medical experts to ensure we seek all the compensation your child will need.

Care for Cerebral Palsy Is Expensive

When your child receives a diagnosis of cerebral palsy, the financial cost of their care may be the furthest issue from your mind. Yet, in time, every parent must face the fact that cerebral palsy is a profoundly costly ailment-emotionally, psychologically, physically, and financially.

We are interested in every way that your child's ailment has affected them and you. The financial cost of medical care is one of those considerations, and cerebral palsy is a particularly expensive disease because:

There is currently no cure, meaning costs associated with cerebral palsy are generally lifelong
Your child may need multiple types of medical equipment, which is notoriously expensive (especially when the equipment is cutting-edge)
The debilitating symptoms of cerebral palsy mean your child may need frequent therapy, doctor visits, medication dispensation, and other interactions with the healthcare system-each of which comes at a cost

It's natural, if not inevitable, for parents to worry about such costs. This is why hiring an attorney from the Cerebral Palsy Lawyer Alliance is so important to fight for the compensation you and your child need and deserve.

Medical Malpractice May Be to Blame for Your Child's Condition

Not everyone whose child has cerebral palsy is entitled to compensation. However, those who are victims of medical malpractice do.

We want to hear from you so we can determine if your child's cerebral palsy resulted from:

Negligence by a medical institution: While a medical institution may not have directly caused your child to suffer cerebral palsy, it may have set the groundwork. Hiring unqualified doctors, failing to ensure sterile conditions, failing to monitor or discipline doctors, and other institutional failures can increase the likelihood of birth injuries like cerebral palsy.
Negligence by a provider who oversaw your prenatal care: The seeds of cerebral palsy may emerge during pregnancy. If a medical provider failed to monitor you closely enough, conduct necessary tests and evaluations, or take appropriate action when a red flag emerged, they may have committed malpractice.
Negligence by a provider who delivered your child: Conditions during childbirth can cause cerebral palsy. Failing to detect a lack of oxygen to your child's brain and direct injury caused by forceps are among the potential causes of CP.

It is never easy to pinpoint the cause of cerebral palsy, as medicine is complicated by nature. Our attorneys have experience in the medical issues surrounding CP, but we also work with experienced, highly qualified medical experts to identify malpractice.

The first step is speaking with us. Your child's medical needs and your financial security are far too important not to speak with the Cerebral Palsy Lawyer Alliance.

An Attorney from the Cerebral Palsy Lawyer Alliance Will Seek the Funding Your Child Needs

The lawyers in our network understand the wide-ranging impact of cerebral palsy and account for every symptom your family experiences, financial or otherwise. Yet, it's undeniably true that your child's care is arguably the most important aspect of your claim or lawsuit.

Your lawyer will work with knowledgeable medical professionals to determine the cost of:

Diagnostic care: Your child underwent a diagnostic process to determine they had CP. We will demand compensation for the cost of those diagnostic procedures.
Therapy: Our settlement demands will include all of your child's therapy needs. Because therapy is an integral feature of cerebral palsy-specific care, we will project all therapy your child will need (including as an adult).
Medical equipment: We will demand that liable parties cover every medical device that could improve your child's quality of life. Their unique symptoms will determine what kinds of medical equipment they require, or will require in the future.
All medical visits: Your lawyer will work to account for every interaction your child has with the healthcare system, as every visit comes at a cost.
Mental healthcare: If your child already needs, or may eventually need, mental health services, we will project the cost of such critical care.

Cerebral palsy is a lifelong disease, so our calculation of these care needs will reflect lifelong costs.

Anyone whose child has cerebral palsy knows: Medical costs are hardly the entire measure of the disease's negative effects.

In addition to the cost of your child's care, you may be entitled to compensation for:

Your child's pain and suffering: Perhaps the most glaring effect of cerebral palsy is the suffering it causes your child. Our team will compassionately evaluate the various types of pain and suffering they face, from physical pain to lost quality of life and any other challenge. Our affiliate mental health experts understand CP-specific challenges and will assist us during this step.
Your pain and suffering (as a parent): Parents undeniably suffer when their children suffer. This means that, for parents of children with CP, daily life is marred by their child's hardship. If you experience depression, emotional anguish, or any other types of pain and suffering, we will seek compensation reflecting your struggle.
Caregiver costs (both when your child is in their youth and their adult years): The average parent is not equipped to meet all the demands of a child with cerebral palsy. Even if you give it your all (and we're certain you are), you deserve help. We will include all caregiver-related expenses in your medical malpractice claim or lawsuit.
All other economic and non-economic costs associated with your child's disease: Everyone's experience with cerebral palsy differs. Our attorneys provide personalized representation, meaning we try to get into your and your child's world. We will consider your accounts and expert insights as we identify each of your recoverable damages.

You should not have to pick and choose when it comes to the medical care and other services your child needs. You should also not have to face financial burdens that someone else (perhaps a negligent medical provider) caused you to suffer. Our team will work to secure compensation that spares you from these unacceptable outcomes.

How Our Attorneys Serve Families Touched by Cerebral Palsy (We Fight)

Children with cerebral palsy are fighters, as are their parents. It's time someone fought for you, and that's where the Cerebral Palsy Lawyer Alliance can help. When you hire our firm to represent you and your child, we:

Create a Personalized Case Strategy

Your case must reflect the unique realities your child and your family face, so the lawyers in our network will:

Listen intently to you, as you know best the effects CP has had on your family
Provide resources you need, including access to mental health experts
Keep you informed about our case strategy, ensuring you are empowered and comfortable with how we're representing you

Whether you seek compensation through medical malpractice insurance or file a lawsuit, our personal injury attorneys will be laser-focused on securing the compensation your family deserves.

Prove That Malpractice Contributed to Your Child's Disease

The key basis of your case will be that medical malpractice contributed to your child's birth injury. Therefore, our team will rely on facts and evidence to prove the link between malpractice and your child's CP.

The lawyers in our network will:

Speak with you about any errors you believe may have happened during prenatal care or childbirth
Consult medical experts to evaluate your records and identify potential instances of malpractice
Utilize all available facts and evidence to prove medical malpractice occurred

Cerebral palsy cases are our attorney network's focus. We are acutely familiar with the ways that medical failures can increase the risk of CP, so let us begin investigating your case today.

Document Your Family's Damages

Our team will recover all medical records, expert insights, medical bills, therapy-related bills, mental health expert testimony, and other documentation of your family's damages.

When we have completed our pre-negotiation prep, we will have documentation for all economic and non-economic harm stemming from your child's CP.

Calculate a Fair Settlement and Fight for It

Most civil cases, including medical malpractice cases, reach a settlement. We can connect you with a lawyer in our network who will enter settlement negotiations to secure a fair offer for you.

This being said, it's ultimately the insurer or other liable party's responsibility to offer fair compensation for your family. We will present facts, evidence, documentation, and a cohesive argument tying them together. If liable parties still won't provide the compensation you and your child are entitled to, we can file a lawsuit for you.

Call the Cerebral Palsy Lawyer Alliance Today for Your Free Consultation

The compassionate lawyers in our network don't want you to experience any added stress when you hire us. The Alliance's lawyers will cover the cost of your case, and will only receive their fee if they secure compensation for you.

Call the Cerebral Palsy Lawyer Alliance today at 888-894-9067 for a free, no-risk consultation about how our firm will fight for the settlement or verdict your family deserves.

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