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Disclosure of Financial Relationships to Participants in Clinical …
New England Journal of Medicine (subscription)
Potential Goals and Challenges of Disclosing Financial Relationships in Clinical Research. Promoting Informed Decision MakingDisclosures to research participants during the informed-consent process are meant to promote autonomous decision making. 789 What exactly constitutes an autonomous decision by the participant is a matter of debate but most experts describe it as a choice made after the person has gained a substantial understanding of the potential risks and benefits of enrollment. Studies have identified at least four major challenges to achieving a substantial understanding of financial relationships in clinical research. First there is wide variation in views and practice about what to tell participants about a researcher’s financial relationships.
Duke to begin $700M hospital expansion
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"This project is all about our patients faculty and staff and our missions of clinical care teaching and pursuing breakthrough research. "The project also will act as an economic driver for the region creating up to 1500 construction jobs and 1000 permanent health care positions officials said. The seven-story 267000-square-foot cancer center will consolidate outpatient cancer services and clinical research from across the campus into a patient-centered multidisciplinary center. It will adjoin to the Morris Cancer Clinic and will include 140 examination rooms 75 infusion stations a pharmacy and an outdoor garden terrace for chemotherapy patients. "Patients in North Carolina and elsewhere will have access to a center of excellence that combines the best in convenient multidisciplinary cancer care along with leading edge approaches to personalized treatment strategies" Dr. William Fulkerson Jr. senior vice president for clinical affairs for Duke Health said in a statement.
Local medical lab testing H1N1 vaccine
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For nearly ten years Dr. Steven Folkerth has been working with the Clinical Research Center of Nevada testing the latest drugs and vaccines on valley residents for FDA approval. “A clinical trial occurs when there is either going to be a new medication or vaccine that needs to be studied” he explains of his work. “It's a very controlled process by the FDA. ” In the past the center has been involved in the testing of vaccines for the bird flu Smallpox and even Anthrax.
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Getting clinical trials on track
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It may sometimes be that the best trial design from a scientific perspective is also the one least likely to reach its enrollment goals. Any costs that come with the needed change would seem to pale in comparison to the money time and vast potential lost in trials that never reach completion. Billions of dollars many of them federal tax dollars are spent on clinical research each year. The recent federal stimulus package allocated $200 million to clinical research studies to compare the effectiveness of drugs or other medical interventions and give doctors the data they need to provide their patients — all of us — with the best care based on the evidence. So the next time you hear an advertisement on the radio or read a flier at the doctor’s office please take an extra minute or two to consider whether you might be willing and able to help turn those dollars into a real difference.
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