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Covariate adjustment in randomized controlled trials: General concepts and practical considerations. 随机对照试验中的变量调整:一般概念和实际考虑因素。
IF 2.2 3区 医学
Clinical Trials Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Epub Date: 2024-06-02 DOI: 10.1177/17407745241251568
Kelly Van Lancker, Frank Bretz, Oliver Dukes
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Assessing the impact of risk-based data monitoring on outcomes for a paediatric multicentre randomised controlled trial. 评估基于风险的数据监控对儿科多中心随机对照试验结果的影响。
IF 2.2 3区 医学
Clinical Trials Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Epub Date: 2024-02-29 DOI: 10.1177/17407745231222019
Renate Le Marsney, Kerry Johnson, Jenipher Chumbes Flores, Shelley Coetzer, Jennifer Darvas, Carmel Delzoppo, Arielle Jolly, Kate Masterson, Claire Sherring, Hannah Thomson, Endrias Ergetu, Patricia Gilholm, Kristen S Gibbons
{"title":"Assessing the impact of risk-based data monitoring on outcomes for a paediatric multicentre randomised controlled trial.","authors":"Renate Le Marsney, Kerry Johnson, Jenipher Chumbes Flores, Shelley Coetzer, Jennifer Darvas, Carmel Delzoppo, Arielle Jolly, Kate Masterson, Claire Sherring, Hannah Thomson, Endrias Ergetu, Patricia Gilholm, Kristen S Gibbons","doi":"10.1177/17407745231222019","DOIUrl":"10.1177/17407745231222019","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background/aims: </strong>Regulatory guidelines recommend that sponsors develop a risk-based approach to monitoring clinical trials. However, there is a lack of evidence to guide the effective implementation of monitoring activities encompassed in this approach. The aim of this study was to assess the efficiency and impact of the risk-based monitoring approach used for a multicentre randomised controlled trial comparing treatments in paediatric patients undergoing cardiac bypass surgery.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This is a secondary analysis of data from a randomised controlled trial that implemented targeted source data verification as part of the risk-based monitoring approach. Monitoring duration and source to database error rates were calculated across the monitored trial dataset. The monitored and unmonitored trial dataset, and simulated trial datasets with differing degrees of source data verification and cohort sizes were compared for their effect on trial outcomes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In total, 106,749 critical data points across 1,282 participants were verified from source data either remotely or on-site during the trial. The total time spent monitoring was 365 hours, with a median (interquartile range) of 10 (7, 16) minutes per participant. An overall source to database error rate of 3.1% was found, and this did not differ between treatment groups. A low rate of error was found for all outcomes undergoing 100% source data verification, with the exception of two secondary outcomes with error rates >10%. Minimal variation in trial outcomes were found between the unmonitored and monitored datasets. Reduced degrees of source data verification and reduced cohort sizes assessed using simulated trial datasets had minimal impact on trial outcomes.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Targeted source data verification of data critical to trial outcomes, which carried with it a substantial time investment, did not have an impact on study outcomes in this trial. This evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of targeted source data verification contributes to the evidence-base regarding the context where reduced emphasis should be placed on source data verification as the foremost monitoring activity.</p>","PeriodicalId":10685,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Trials","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11304638/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139989555","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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A Bayesian adaptive design approach for stepped-wedge cluster randomized trials. 阶梯楔形分组随机试验的贝叶斯自适应设计方法。
IF 2.2 3区 医学
Clinical Trials Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Epub Date: 2024-01-19 DOI: 10.1177/17407745231221438
Jijia Wang, Jing Cao, Chul Ahn, Song Zhang
{"title":"A Bayesian adaptive design approach for stepped-wedge cluster randomized trials.","authors":"Jijia Wang, Jing Cao, Chul Ahn, Song Zhang","doi":"10.1177/17407745231221438","DOIUrl":"10.1177/17407745231221438","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The Bayesian group sequential design has been applied widely in clinical studies, especially in Phase II and III studies. It allows early termination based on accumulating interim data. However, to date, there lacks development in its application to stepped-wedge cluster randomized trials, which are gaining popularity in pragmatic trials conducted by clinical and health care delivery researchers.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We propose a Bayesian adaptive design approach for stepped-wedge cluster randomized trials, which makes adaptive decisions based on the predictive probability of declaring the intervention effective at the end of study given interim data. The Bayesian models and the algorithms for posterior inference and trial conduct are presented.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We present how to determine design parameters through extensive simulations to achieve desired operational characteristics. We further evaluate how various design factors, such as the number of steps, cluster size, random variability in cluster size, and correlation structures, impact trial properties, including power, type I error, and the probability of early stopping. An application example is presented.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study presents the incorporation of Bayesian adaptive strategies into stepped-wedge cluster randomized trials design. The proposed approach provides the flexibility to stop the trial early if substantial evidence of efficacy or futility is observed, improving the flexibility and efficiency of stepped-wedge cluster randomized trials.</p>","PeriodicalId":10685,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Trials","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11261240/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139490980","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The symbolic two-step method applied to cancer care delivery research: Safeguarding against designing an underpowered cluster randomized trial with a continuous outcome by accounting for the imprecision in the within- and between-center variation. 将象征性两步法应用于癌症护理服务研究:通过考虑中心内和中心间变异的不精确性,防止设计连续结果的群组随机试验。
IF 2.2 3区 医学
Clinical Trials Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Epub Date: 2024-01-19 DOI: 10.1177/17407745231219680
David Zahrieh, Blaize W Kandler, Jennifer Le-Rademacher
{"title":"The symbolic two-step method applied to cancer care delivery research: Safeguarding against designing an underpowered cluster randomized trial with a continuous outcome by accounting for the imprecision in the within- and between-center variation.","authors":"David Zahrieh, Blaize W Kandler, Jennifer Le-Rademacher","doi":"10.1177/17407745231219680","DOIUrl":"10.1177/17407745231219680","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Knowing the predictive factors of the variation in a center-level continuous outcome of interest is valuable in the design and analysis of parallel-arm cluster randomized trials. The symbolic two-step method for sample size planning that we present incorporates this knowledge while simultaneously accounting for patient-level characteristics. Our approach is illustrated through application to cluster randomized trials in cancer care delivery research. The required number of centers (clusters) depends on the between- and within-center variance; the within-center variance is a function of estimates obtained by regressing the log within-center variance on predictive factors. Obtaining accurate estimates of the components needed to characterize the within-center variation is challenging.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Using our previously derived sample size formula, our objective in the current research is to directly account for the imprecision in these estimates, using a Bayesian approach, to safeguard against designing an underpowered study when using the symbolic two-step method. Using estimates of the required components, including the number of centers that contribute to those estimates, we make formal allowance for the imprecision in these estimates on which a sample size will be based.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The mean of the distribution for power is consistently smaller than the single point estimate that the sample size formula yields. The reduction in power is more pronounced in the presence of increased uncertainty about the estimates with the reduction becoming more attenuated with increased numbers of centers that contribute to the estimates.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Accounting for imprecision in the estimates of the components required for sample size estimation using the symbolic two-step method in the design of a cluster randomized trial yields conservative estimates of power.</p>","PeriodicalId":10685,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Trials","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11261239/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139502355","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Rethinking the clinical research protocol: Lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic and recommendations for reducing noncompliance. 重新思考临床研究方案:从 COVID-19 大流行中汲取的教训以及减少违规行为的建议。
IF 2.2 3区 医学
Clinical Trials Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Epub Date: 2024-02-17 DOI: 10.1177/17407745241232430
Matthew J Gooden, Gina Norato, Katherine Landry, Sandra B Martin, Avindra Nath, Lauren Reoma
{"title":"Rethinking the clinical research protocol: Lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic and recommendations for reducing noncompliance.","authors":"Matthew J Gooden, Gina Norato, Katherine Landry, Sandra B Martin, Avindra Nath, Lauren Reoma","doi":"10.1177/17407745241232430","DOIUrl":"10.1177/17407745241232430","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background/aims: </strong>Since the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, 103.4 million cases and 1.1 million deaths have occurred nationally as of November 2023. Despite the benefit of mitigating measures, the pandemic's effect on participant safety is rarely documented.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study assessed noncompliance occurring from July 2019 to August 2021 that were stratified by the date of noncompliance (before or after restrictions). Events were described by size, site, noncompliance type, primary category, subcategory, and cause. In addition, noncompliance associated with COVID-19 was analyzed to determine characteristics.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In total, 323 noncompliance events occurred across 21,146 participants at risk in 35 protocols. The overall rate of noncompliance increased from 0.008 events per participant to 0.022 events per participant after the COVID-19 restrictions (<i>p</i> < 0.001). For onsite protocols, the median within protocol change in rates was 0.001 (interquartile range = 0.141) after the onset of COVID-19 restrictions (<i>p</i> = 0.54). For large-sized protocols (<i>n</i> ≥ 100), the median within protocol change in rates was also 0.001 (interquartile range = 0.017) after COVID-19 restrictions (<i>p</i> = 0.15). For events related to COVID-19 restrictions, 160/162 (99%) were minor deviations, 161/162 (99%) were procedural noncompliance, and 124/162 (77%) were an incomplete study visit.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>These noncompliance events have implications for clinical trial methodology because nonadherence to trial design can lead to participant safety concerns and loss of trial data validity. Protocols should be written to better facilitate the capture of all safety and efficacy data. This recommendation should be considered when changes occur to the protocol environment that are outside of the study team's control.</p>","PeriodicalId":10685,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Trials","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11305973/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139746277","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Defining estimand for the win ratio: Separate the true effect from censoring. 定义胜率估计值:将真实效应与普查区分开来。
IF 2.2 3区 医学
Clinical Trials Pub Date : 2024-07-30 DOI: 10.1177/17407745241259356
Lu Mao
{"title":"Defining estimand for the win ratio: Separate the true effect from censoring.","authors":"Lu Mao","doi":"10.1177/17407745241259356","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17407745241259356","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The win ratio has been increasingly used in trials with hierarchical composite endpoints. While the outcomes involved and the rule for their comparisons vary with the application, there is invariably little attention to the estimand of the resulting statistic, causing difficulties in interpretation and cross-trial comparison. We make the case for articulating the estimand as a first step to win ratio analysis and establish that the root cause for its elusiveness is its intrinsic dependency on the time frame of comparison, which, if left unspecified, is set haphazardly by trial-specific censoring. From the statistical literature, we summarize two general approaches to overcome this uncertainty-a nonparametric one that pre-specifies the time frame for all comparisons, and a semiparametric one that posits a constant win ratio across all times-each with publicly available software and real examples. Finally, we discuss unsolved challenges, such as estimand construction and inference in the presence of intercurrent events.</p>","PeriodicalId":10685,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Trials","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141792130","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Challenges in designing a randomized, double-blind noninferiority trial for treatment of acne: The SD-ACNE trial. 设计治疗痤疮的随机双盲非劣效性试验所面临的挑战:SD-ACNE 试验。
IF 2.2 3区 医学
Clinical Trials Pub Date : 2024-07-27 DOI: 10.1177/17407745241265094
John S Barbieri, Susan Ellenberg, Elizabeth Grice, Ann Tierney, Suzette Baez VanderBeek, Maryte Papadopoulos, Jennifer Mason, Anabel Mason, James Dattilo, David J Margolis
{"title":"Challenges in designing a randomized, double-blind noninferiority trial for treatment of acne: The SD-ACNE trial.","authors":"John S Barbieri, Susan Ellenberg, Elizabeth Grice, Ann Tierney, Suzette Baez VanderBeek, Maryte Papadopoulos, Jennifer Mason, Anabel Mason, James Dattilo, David J Margolis","doi":"10.1177/17407745241265094","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17407745241265094","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background/aims: </strong>Excessive use of antibiotics has led to development of antibiotic resistance and other antibiotic-associated complications. Dermatologists prescribe more antibiotics per clinician than any other major specialty, with much of this use for acne. Alternative acne treatments are available but are used much less often than antibiotics, at least partially because dermatologists feel that they are less effective. Spironolactone, a hormonal therapy with antiandrogen effects that can address the hormonal pathogenesis of acne, may represent a therapeutic alternative to oral antibiotics for women with acne. However, the comparative effects of spironolactone and oral antibiotics in the treatment of acne have not been definitively studied. The Spironolactone versus Doxycycline for Acne: A Comparative Effectiveness, Noninferiority Evaluation (SD-ACNE) trial aims to answer whether spironolactone, in addition to standard topical therapy, is noninferior to doxycycline (an oral antibiotic) for women with acne. Several interesting challenges arose in the development of this study, including determining acceptability of the comparative regimens to participating dermatologists, identifying data to support a noninferiority margin, and establishing a process for unblinding participants after they completed the study while maintaining the blind for study investigators.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We present the scientific and clinical rationale for the decisions made in the design of the trial, including input from key stakeholders through a Delphi consensus process.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The Spironolactone versus Doxycycline for Acne: A Comparative Effectiveness, Noninferiority Evaluation trial (NCT04582383) is being conducted at a range of community and academic sites in the United States. To maximize external validity and inform clinical practice, the study is designed with broad eligibility criteria and no prohibition of use of topical medications. Participants in the trial will be randomized to receive either spironolactone 100 mg/day or doxycycline hyclate 100 mg/day for 16 weeks. The primary outcome is the absolute decrease in inflammatory lesion count, and we have established a noninferiority margin of four inflammatory lesions. Secondary outcomes include the percentage of participants achieving Investigator Global Assessment success, change in quality of life, and microbiome changes and diversity.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The Spironolactone versus Doxycycline for Acne: A Comparative Effectiveness, Noninferiority Evaluation trial will have substantial implications for the treatment of acne and antibiotic stewardship. In addition, this study will provide important information on the effect of these systemic agents on the development of changes to the microbiome and antibiotic resistance in a healthy population of patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":10685,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Trials","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141787516","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Modeling impact of inflation reduction act price negotiations on new drug pipeline considering differential contributions of large and small biopharmaceutical companies. 考虑到大型和小型生物制药公司的不同贡献,建立降低通货膨胀率的价格谈判对新药研发管线的影响模型。
IF 2.2 3区 医学
Clinical Trials Pub Date : 2024-07-24 DOI: 10.1177/17407745241259112
Gregory Vaughan, Roger Du, Fred D Ledley
{"title":"Modeling impact of inflation reduction act price negotiations on new drug pipeline considering differential contributions of large and small biopharmaceutical companies.","authors":"Gregory Vaughan, Roger Du, Fred D Ledley","doi":"10.1177/17407745241259112","DOIUrl":"10.1177/17407745241259112","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background/aims: </strong>Provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act mandating drug price negotiation by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have been criticized as a threat to pharmaceutical innovation. This study models potential impacts of the Inflation Reduction Act on drug approvals based on the differential contributions of large pharmaceutical companies and smaller biotechnology firms to clinical trials and the availability of capital.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study examined research and development expense, revenue, and new investment (sale of common and preferred stock) by public biopharmaceutical companies and sponsorship of phased clinical trials in ClinicalTrials.gov. Financial data were incorporated in a model that estimates the number of drugs in each phase and approvals from reported phase-specific costs and transition rates, proportional sponsorship of trials by companies of different size, projected reductions in research and development spending based on company size, and three scenarios by which large companies may allocate reductions in research and development spending among clinical phases: (1) research and development proportionally reduced across phases; (2) research and development disproportionally reduced in phases 2-3; and (3) research and development disproportionately reduced in phases 1-2.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Financial data were examined for 1378 public biopharmaceutical companies (2000-2018). Research and development expense was associated with revenue for 79 large companies with market capitalization ≥$7 billion with a 10% reduction in revenue reducing research and development expense by 8.4%. For 1299 smaller companies with market capitalization <$7 billion, research and development was associated with new investment, but not revenue. Smaller companies sponsored 55.2% of phase 1, 55.6% of phase 2, and 49.8% of phase 3 trials in ClinicalTrials.gov 2013-2018. In a model of clinical development that apportions clinical trials between large and smaller companies and determines the number of trials based on research and development resources, 400 drugs entering development produced 47.3 approvals (11.83% rate). A 10% reduction in revenue, reflecting the upper boundary of observed changes 2000-2018, with (1) proportional reduction across phases 1-3 produced 45.1 approvals (4.61% reduction); (2) disproportional reduction of phases 2-3 produced 42.8 approvals (9.55% reduction); and (3) disproportional reduction of phases 1-2 produced 46.9 approvals (0.95% reduction).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This work suggests that the drug price negotiation provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act could have little or no impact on the number of drug approvals. While large pharmaceutical companies may reduce research and development spending, continued research and development by smaller companies and strategic allocation of research and development resources by large companies may mi","PeriodicalId":10685,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Trials","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141757646","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The ethical value of consulting community members in non-emergency trials conducted with waivers of informed consent for research. 在放弃知情同意研究的非紧急试验中咨询社区成员的伦理价值。
IF 2.2 3区 医学
Clinical Trials Pub Date : 2024-06-25 DOI: 10.1177/17407745241259360
Emily A Largent, Steven Joffe, Neal W Dickert, Stephanie R Morain
{"title":"The ethical value of consulting community members in non-emergency trials conducted with waivers of informed consent for research.","authors":"Emily A Largent, Steven Joffe, Neal W Dickert, Stephanie R Morain","doi":"10.1177/17407745241259360","DOIUrl":"10.1177/17407745241259360","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>There is growing interest in using embedded research methods, particularly pragmatic clinical trials, to address well-known evidentiary shortcomings afflicting the health care system. Reviews of pragmatic clinical trials published between 2014 and 2019 found that 8.8% were conducted with waivers of informed consent; furthermore, the number of trials where consent is <i>not</i> obtained is increasing with time. From a regulatory perspective, waivers of informed consent are permissible when certain conditions are met, including that the study involves no more than minimal risk, that it could not practicably be carried out without a waiver, and that waiving consent does not violate participants' rights and welfare. Nevertheless, when research is conducted with a waiver of consent, several ethical challenges arise. We must consider how to: address empirical evidence showing that patients and members of the public generally prefer prospective consent, demonstrate respect for persons using tools other than consent, promote public trust and investigator integrity, and ensure an adequate level of participant protections. In this article, we use examples drawn from real pragmatic clinical trials to argue that prospective consultation with representatives of the target study population can address, or at least mitigate, many of the ethical challenges posed by waivers of informed consent. We also consider what consultation might involve to illustrate its feasibility and address potential objections.</p>","PeriodicalId":10685,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Trials","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141445802","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Comparison of outcomes of the 50-year follow-up of a randomized trial assessed by study questionnaire and by data linkage: The CONCUR study. 通过研究问卷和数据链接评估随机试验 50 年随访结果的比较:CONCUR 研究。
IF 2.2 3区 医学
Clinical Trials Pub Date : 2024-06-22 DOI: 10.1177/17407745241259088
Mohammad Shahbaz, Jane E Harding, Barry Milne, Anthony Walters, Lisa Underwood, Martin von Randow, Lois Xu, Greg D Gamble
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