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The Revised Common Rule requires all clinical trials to post an unsigned consent form on a publicly available website. The Revised Common Rule is in effect for studies approved on or after January 21, ...

Ethicists have suggested that written consent forms encourage participants in phase 1 cancer trials to expect benefit from the experimental agent and to overlook serious risks. Of 272 forms, 268 ...

Informed consent is an ethical cornerstone in research with humans. Yet some studies suggest that volunteers often don't understand key aspects of the research. Recent efforts aim to improve informed ...

In a cross-sectional study, ChatGPT demonstrated variable effectiveness in generating informed consent forms for treatment with energy-based dermatologic devices, highlighting the need for expert ...

Parents who are asked to sign consent forms allowing researchers to enroll their children in medical studies often have a poor idea of what they are agreeing to. But when the forms are redesigned and ...