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Benefits from clinical research: for both patients and test subjects?
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  16003607     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine, its Additional Protocol, the European Parliament's Good Clinical Practice (GCP)-Directive as well as the German Medicines Law and GCP-Decree all require certain forms of "benefit" for participants of clinical trials and other forms of clinical-evaluative research. However, they do not provide any attempt to define e. g. "direct benefit" or group benefit -- contrary to our text. It additionally discusses qualitative and quantitative aspects and the inherently probabilistic nature of any benefit from clinical research. Clinically most relevant study types and designs (such as placebo-controlled trials; diagnostic studies of phases 1 - 3) do not offer any potential individual benefit at least for parts of the samples, they are at best beneficial for the group of similarly affected patients. At present those trials if including incapacitated adults not able to give informed consent are forbidden by German law, a situation different from that of trials involving minors.
Authors:
H Raspe
Publication Detail:
Type:  English Abstract; Journal Article; Review    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift (1946)     Volume:  130     ISSN:  0012-0472     ISO Abbreviation:  Dtsch. Med. Wochenschr.     Publication Date:  2005 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2005-07-08     Completed Date:  2005-08-04     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0006723     Medline TA:  Dtsch Med Wochenschr     Country:  Germany    
Other Details:
Languages:  ger     Pagination:  1701-5     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Institut für Sozialmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck. heiner.raspe@sozmed.uni-luebeck.de
Vernacular Title:
Nutzen aus klinischer Forschung: auch für Patienten und Probanden?
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Biomedical Research / classification,  ethics,  standards*
Humans
Placebos / standards
Prognosis
Research Subjects*
Risk Assessment
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Placebos

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