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Haaser T, Bouteloup V, Berdaï D, Saux MC. The Multidimensional Nature of Research Ethics: Letters Issued by a French Research Ethics Committee Included Similar Proportions of Ethical and Scientific Queries. J Empir Res Hum Res Ethics 2022; 17:242-253. [PMID: 35414297 DOI: 10.1177/15562646221093218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Debate is ongoing concerning the activities and functioning of Research Ethics Committees (REC), especially a possible science-or-ethics dichotomy in research ethics review. We retrospectively analyzed 145 letters issued by a French REC over 18 months. All queries were classified in three levels: qualification (definition of the problem), category (aggregation of broader topics) and finally fields (ethical, scientific, or administrative). Overall, 971 queries were identified, of which 407 (42%), 379 (39%), and 135 (14%) were deemed ethical, scientific, and administrative queries, respectively. The most frequent concern was about participants' information. The main influencing factor was the profession of the reporting readers-scientific queries were more frequently raised by a methodologist, whereas ethical queries were more frequently raised by an ethicist. These results indicate that research ethics review is a multidimensional task that should be considered a collaborative effort.
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- Thibaud Haaser
- Service d'Oncologie Radiothérapie, Hôpital Haut Lévêque, 158435Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux, Pessac, France.,EA 4574 "Sciences, Philosophie, Humanités" Université de Bordeaux - Université Bordeaux Montaigne, Pessac, France.,Comité de Protection des Personnes Sud-Ouest et Outre-Mer III, Service de Pharmacologie Clinique, Hôpital Pellegrin, 158435Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Comité de Protection des Personnes Sud-Ouest et Outre-Mer III, Service de Pharmacologie Clinique, Hôpital Pellegrin, 158435Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.,Bordeaux Health Population, Inserm 1219, Institut de Santé Publique, d'Epidémiologie et de Développement (ISPED), Université de Bordeaux - CHU de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Comité de Protection des Personnes Sud-Ouest et Outre-Mer III, Service de Pharmacologie Clinique, Hôpital Pellegrin, 158435Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.,Service de Pharmacologie Clinique, Hôpital Pellegrin, 158435Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Comité de Protection des Personnes Sud-Ouest et Outre-Mer III, Service de Pharmacologie Clinique, Hôpital Pellegrin, 158435Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.,Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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de Sanctis V, Soliman AT, Daar S, Tzoulis P, Fiscina B, Kattamis C. Retrospective observational studies: Lights and shadows for medical writers. ACTA BIO-MEDICA : ATENEI PARMENSIS 2022; 93:e2022319. [PMID: 36300226 PMCID: PMC9686178 DOI: 10.23750/abm.v93i5.13179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2022] [Accepted: 05/01/2022] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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A retrospective study (by definition non-interventional) is a purely observational review and/or reassessment of database records with the aim of analyzing previous events of interest. The ethical and scientific standards for conducting biomedical research with humans have been established in international guidelines. Nevertheless, the reporting of ethical considerations in human research is not yet agreed upon globally, although some progress has been made in recent years. If a study has been granted exemption from ethics approval, this should be indicated in the manuscript (including the reasons for the exemption) and, if formal review by an ethics committee is not available, a statement should be included indicating that the research was conducted according to the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Editors play an important role in adherence to these ethical requirements for all submitted and published research papers in their journals. This short review paper focuses on the main lights and shadows of ethical aspects for conducting retrospective observational studies in humans and implications for medical writers.
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- Vincenzo de Sanctis
- Pediatric and Adolescent Outpatient Clinic, Quisisana Hospital, Ferrara, Italy
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- Pediatrics and Endocrinology Department of Pediatrics, Hamad Medical Center, Doha, Qatar and Department of Pediatrics, University of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Department of Haematology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman and Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS), Wallenberg Research Centre at Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Consultant Endocrinologist and Diabetologist, Whittington Hospital- UCL Medical School, London, UK
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- First Department of Paediatrics, National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- International Network of Clinicians for Endocrinopathies in Thalassemia and Adolescence Medicine (ICET-A):Atanas Banchev (Sofia, Bulgaria), Denka Stoyanova (Sofia, Bulgaria), Michael Angastiniotis (Nicosia, Cyprus), Soteroula Christou (Nicosia, Cyprus), Heba Elsedfy (Cairo,Egypt), Mohamed El Kholy (Cairo, Egypt), Doaa Khater (Alexandria, Egypt), Antonis Kattamis (Athens, Greece), Polyxeni Delaporta (Athens, Greece), Haleh Bozorgi (Shiraz, Islamic Republic of Iran), Mehran Karimi (Shiraz, Islamic Republic of Iran), Saveria Campisi (Siracusa, Italy), Salvatore Di Maio (Naples, Italy), Carmelo Fortugno (Catanzaro Italy), Maria Concetta Galati (Catanzaro, Italy), Giuseppe Raiola (Catanzaro, Italy), Soad K Al Jaouni (Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia), Yasser Wali (Muscat, Oman), Mohamed A Yassin (Doha, Qatar), Joan Lluis Vives Corrons (Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain), Dulani Kottahachchi (Ragama, Sri Lanka), Duran Canatan (Antalya, Turkey)
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Benfatto G, Drago F. Correction to: Regulatory, scientific, and ethical issues arising from institutional activity in one of the 90 Italian Research Ethics Committees. BMC Med Ethics 2021; 22:52. [PMID: 33931051 PMCID: PMC8088000 DOI: 10.1186/s12910-021-00621-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.
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- G Benfatto
- Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacovigilance Unit, Regional Pharmacovigilance Center of Catania, G Rodolico-San Marco University Hospital, Catania, Italy
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- Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacovigilance Unit, Regional Pharmacovigilance Center of Catania, G Rodolico-San Marco University Hospital, Catania, Italy. .,Ethics Committee, Catania 1, G Rodolico-San Marco University Hospital, Via Santa Sofia 78s, 95125, Catania, Italy.
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