Conducting stroke research with an exception from the requirement for informed consent.
Publication/Presentation Date
5-1-2003
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Obtaining viable informed consent from stroke patients for participation in clinical trials of acute stroke therapies is often problematic because of patients' neurological deficits. Furthermore, obtaining permission from surrogates is often not possible or not legally permissible.
SUMMARY OF REVIEW: In 1996 the Food and Drug Administration and Department of Health and Human Services published regulations that allow investigators to conduct emergency research without patient consent under a narrowly defined set of circumstances. We review requirements of these regulations, paying particular attention to how they may be applied in a clinical trial of an acute stroke therapy.
CONCLUSIONS: Acute stroke researchers should consider conducting clinical trials with an exception from the informed consent requirement permitted by this law.
Volume
34
Issue
5
First Page
1317
Last Page
1323
ISSN
1524-4628
Published In/Presented At
Bateman, B. T., Meyers, P. M., Schumacher, H. C., Mangla, S., & Pile-Spellman, J. (2003). Conducting stroke research with an exception from the requirement for informed consent. Stroke, 34(5), 1317–1323. https://doi.org/10.1161/01.STR.0000065230.00053.B4
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
12663878
Department(s)
Department of Medicine
Document Type
Article