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When Kids Can Assent To Trial Participation, It Gets Complicated
Clinical Research News | Experts recently gathered at a bioethics symposium on ethical considerations in research for pediatric populations, hosted by the New York Academy of Sciences, for a panel discussion focused on parental permission and children capable of assenting to participation.
Oct 13, 2022
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Digital Strategies For Optimizing Clinical Development
Clinical Research News | When it comes to balancing the need for high-quality data collection and patient-centric strategies for engaging study participants, hybrid clinical trials utilizing wearable devices and other digital health tools can be challenging to conduct. But when carefully crafted, a digital strategy can also help accelerate trials, improve diversity in recruitment, and improve outcomes for participants.
Oct 12, 2022
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Assent Process For Pediatric Trials An ‘Experiment For All Of Us’
Clinical Research News | Despite regulatory and congressional efforts to protect human research subjects that date back 75 years, ethical dilemmas concerning the participation of pediatric populations in clinical trials persist with no consensus on several key issues—among them the age at which children are too young to understand what they’re agreeing to, and how to respect nonverbal expressions of dissent.
Oct 11, 2022
