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The Duty to Disclose Adverse Clinical Trial Results
Authors:
S. Matthew Liao a;
Mark Sheehan a;
Steve Clarke a
| Affiliation: | a Program on the Ethics of the New Biosciences, James Martin 21st Century School/Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford, |
DOI:
10.1080/15265160902984988
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First Published on:
01 August 2009
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Abstract
Participants in some clinical trials are at risk of being harmed and sometimes are seriously harmed as a result of not being provided with available, relevant risk information. We argue that this situation is unacceptable and that there is a moral duty to disclose all adverse clinical trial results to participants in clinical trials. This duty is grounded in the human right not to be placed at risk of harm without informed consent. We consider objections to disclosure grounded in considerations of commercial interest, and we argue that these concerns are insufficient to override the moral duty to disclose adverse clinical trial results. However, we also develop a proposal that enables commercial interests to be protected, while promoting the duty to disclose adverse clinical trial results.
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| Keywords: Clinical trial disclosure; clinical trial registry; US FDA amendments act of 2007; Vioxx; Jesse Gelsinger |
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