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When the government pulls a public health ad campaign, it usually raises more questions than it answers. And when that ...

Introduction: Informed consent is a cornerstone of modern clinical research, though ensuring consent has long been recognized as problematic. This is especially true for acute stroke trials, where the ...

Informed consent is an important communication process that takes place between patients and their healthcare providers. It is a key part of the healthcare decision-making process. During the informed ...

Samson Muchina Kinyanjui and colleagues from the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme in Kilifi, Kenya discuss in this week's PLoS Medicine how they modified the programme's informed consent ...

The VA consent templates include information for prospective, current, and past participants to contact the VASNHCS Research Compliance Officer and University Research Integrity & Security (as ...

Signed consent forms must be available for review by the IRB, DHHS, FDA, or Sponsor. Investigators must keep signed informed consent forms for a minimum of three (3) years following completion of the ...

The DNA sample was destroyed. However, to maintain the integrity of the study, his genomic sequence was kept in an anonymous form.

The average readability of informed consent forms of federally funded clinical trials exceeds the reading comprehension skills of the majority of adults in the U.S., potentially undermining clinical ...