Multi-centre research in Australia:analysis of a recent National Health and Medical Research Council-funded project


Autoria(s): Kidd, Timothy J; Marks, Guy B; Bye, Peter T P; Wainwright, Claire E; Robinson, Philip J; Rose, Barbara R; Harbour, Colin; Bell, Scott C; ACPinCF INVESTIGATORS
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01/09/2009

Resumo

<p>BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Human research ethics committees provide essential review of research projects to ensure the ethical conduct of human research. Several recent reports have highlighted a complex process for successful application for human research ethics committee approval, particularly for multi-centre studies. Limited resources are available for the execution of human clinical research in Australia and around the world.</p><p>METHODS: This report overviews the process of ethics approval for a National Health and Medical Research Council-funded multi-centre study in Australia, focussing on the time and resource implications of such applications in 2007 and 2008.</p><p>RESULTS: Applications were submitted to 16 hospital and two university human research ethics committees. The total time to gain final approval from each committee ranged between 13 and 77 days (median = 46 days); the entire process took 16 months to complete and the research officer's time was estimated to cost $A34 143.</p><p>CONCLUSIONS: Obstacles to timely human research ethics committee approval are reviewed, including recent, planned and potential initiatives that could improve the ethics approval of multi-centre research.</p>

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http://pure.qub.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/multicentre-research-in-australia(c832b464-1e06-4fec-be8f-d52ea21b1623).html

http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1843.2009.01595.x

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eng

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info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess

Fonte

Kidd , T J , Marks , G B , Bye , P T P , Wainwright , C E , Robinson , P J , Rose , B R , Harbour , C , Bell , S C & ACPinCF INVESTIGATORS 2009 , ' Multi-centre research in Australia : analysis of a recent National Health and Medical Research Council-funded project ' Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) , vol 14 , no. 7 , pp. 1051-5 . DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2009.01595.x

Palavras-Chave #Australia #Biomedical Research #Ethics, Research #Humans #Multicenter Studies as Topic #National Health Programs
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article