Ethics & Human Research
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Online Research Participant Communication: Balancing Benefits and Risks
July-August 2021
Read the PostEthics & Human ResearchAbstract: Online communication has emerged as an important vehicle for participant interaction during the course of clinical research. At the same time, such communication has been identified as a source of risks both for participants and the scientific integrity of clinical trials. Although strateg...Read the Post - Ethics & Human Research
Developing Biopsychosocial Research on Maternal Mental Health in Malawi: Community Perspectives and Concerns
July-August 2021
Read the PostEthics & Human ResearchAbstract: Interest in maternal mental health research is growing around the world. Maternal mental health research studies in Malawi have, for instance, sought to determine and establish the incidence and prevalence of depression and anxiety in pregnant people and the factors that contribute to expe...Read the Post - Ethics & Human Research
An Argument for Reinterpreting the Benign Behavioral Intervention Exemption
July-August 2021
Read the PostEthics & Human ResearchAbstract: Recent changes to the Common Rule have helped reduce regulatory burden on researchers conducting minimal risk research. However, in this paper, I propose a way of minimizing burden further within the existing confines of the current regulations. I focus my discussion on the newly created ...Read the Post - Ethics & Human Research
Enrolling Children in Clinical Trials for Genetic Neurodevelopmental Conditions: Ethics, Parental Decisions, and Children’s Identities
July-August 2021
Read the PostEthics & Human ResearchAbstract: Knowledge of genetic mechanisms contributing to neurodevelopmental conditions is advancing. This is informing development of new drugs to treat or ameliorate these conditions, through targeting underlying genetic pathways. Drugs are tested in clinical trials, necessitating parents to engag...Read the Post - Ethics & Human Research
The Inevitability and Ethics of Inaccurate Screening in Clinical Trials: A Call for Research and Guidance
July-August 2021
Read the PostEthics & Human ResearchAbstract: Accurate screening of potential research participants is vital to ensuring the scientific, regulatory, and ethical appropriateness of clinical trials. Yet there are no definitive screening tests for many conditions, and many screening tests, even when implemented correctly, yield some inac...Read the Post - Ethics & Human Research
SARS-CoV-2 Human Challenge Trials: Rethinking the Recruitment of Healthy Young Adults First
May-June 2021
Read the PostEthics & Human ResearchIn the midst of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, researchers across the globe are working to develop an effective vaccine. To expedite this process even further, human challenge trials have been proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO) as an alternative to conventional approaches. In such trial...Read the Post - Ethics & Human Research
Case Study: Unblinding in Randomized Controlled Trials: A Research Ethics Case
March-April 2021
Read the PostEthics & Human ResearchA pregnant woman was enrolled in a double‐blind randomized controlled trial (RCT) in which participants were randomized to a placebo or a drug being tested to prevent a hypertensive complication. After completing the trial, the research participant insisted on being told which drug she received to...Read the Post - Ethics & Human Research
Human Infection Challenge Experiments: Then and Now
May-June 2021
Read the PostEthics & Human ResearchIn the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, ethicists, researchers, and journalists have recommended studies that deliberately infect healthy volunteers with the coronavirus as a scientific means of expediting vaccine development. In this essay, we trace the history of infection challenge experiments and...Read the Post
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Laura Beskow, PhD, MPH Vanderbilt University Barbara Bierer, MD Harvard University Alex Capron, LLB University of Southern California Stephanie Solomon Cargill, PhD St. Louis University Rebecca S. Dresser, JD, MS Washington University in St. Louis Carl Elliott, MD, PhD University of Minnesota Holly Fernandez Lynch, JD, MBE University of Pennsylvania Joseph J. Fins, MD Weill Cornell Medical College Paul Ford, PhD Cleveland Clinic Cristine Grady, MSN, PhD National Institutes of Health Clinical Center Steven Joffe, MD, MPH University of Pennsylvania Jonathan Kimmelman, PhD McGill University Nancy M. P. King, JD Wake Forest University Susan Lederer, PhD University of Wisconsin–Madison Alex John London, PhD Carnegie Mellon University Suzanne Rivera, PhD, MSW Case Western Reserve University Mark A. Rothstein, JD University of Louisville Laura Stark, PhD Vanderbilt University Jeremy Sugarman, MD, MPH, MA Johns Hopkins University Benjamin S. Wilfond, MD Seattle Children’s Research Institute |
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