IRB Advisor – June 1, 2005
June 1, 2005
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Concerns over risk to pediatric participants lead to study's end
A controversial pesticide exposure study involving Florida babies and toddlers has been canceled in the wake of criticism that it targeted lower-income families, offered too much financial compensation, and exposed children to too high a risk of harm. -
Assembly continues to fight COI rules
A group of NIH researchers known as the Assembly of Scientists (AOS) is continuing organized opposition to implementation of stringent new conflict-of-interest rules slated for full implementation late this year. -
Study needed on consent process
A review of nearly 40 years of research of interventions intended to improve informed consent for research participants found mixed results for some of the most popular methods studied. It also revealed a significant lack of good, methodologically sound studies of these informed consent interventions to see which ones work best, says one of the authors. -
VA develops patient handbook for research
Staff within the Veterans Affairs (VA) research arm have produced a handbook for veterans considering involvement in clinical trials. -
Stem cell research needs separate oversight
The National Academies have released a set of recommended guidelines for research using human embryonic stem cells, advising research institutions to establish separate oversight committees for such research. -
Trying to reign in a few difficult PIs?
Every compliance department has encountered the occasional investigator who causes staff to pop antacid pills the minute he or she walks into the room. And such personalities may have been tolerated in the past, with todays tighter focus on research compliance and ethical concerns, such personalities now can be a real problem. -
News Briefs
The Office for Human Research Protections of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has added a new page to its web site detailing the history of the Belmont Report.