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.
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.
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.
Staff within the Veterans Affairs (VA) research arm have produced a handbook for veterans considering involvement in clinical trials.
