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All it takes is for an IRB member or investigator to experience those intrusive, evening phone calls about a new study enrolling people with their health condition to convince them that there must be a better way to approach potential research participants.
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Research institutions could improve recruitment data collection and efficiency, as well as make their IRBs happy, if they develop a standardized recruitment tool for use with new studies, an expert says.
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Research institutions that make it a goal to improve ethical conduct among staff, researchers, and students engaged in research should focus on providing better ethics education, developing sound policies & procedures, and leading by example, an expert says.
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While IRBs and researchers seem to agree on the most vexing issues in IRB review of genetic research, consensus still is elusive.
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Thirty years into an epidemic that began with cryptic reports of a new disease among gay American men, there is this discouraging finding: AIDs Studies and reports worldwide point to a resurgent HIV epidemic among men who have sex with men (MSM).
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Uldrick et al performed a pilot study in which 14 HIV-infected patients with symptomatic MCD received high-dose AZT (600 mg PO Q6 hours) and VGC (900 mg PO Q12 hours). Eighty-six percent of patients attained major clinical responses (defined as resolution of symptoms and at least partial resolution of lymphandenopathy).
