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Starting today, March 7, 2012, clinical research consent forms for certain FDA-regulated clinical trials must contain a specific statement advising participants that clinical trial ...

Obtaining informed consent is most often accomplished through an informed consent form, which documents the information regarding the research the subject is being given to help him/her make the ...

Consent forms that people sign before participating in research are widely considered difficult to understand and sometimes inaccurate. Lack of clarity was implicated in a high-profile legal ...

There is no need to utilize the UAB IRB’s Sample Consent form for consent processes in exempt research. Your consent process should be clear and contain full sentences that are in no more than 8th ...

Informed consent, which is ethically essential in most clinical research, respects persons’ rights to decide whether participation in the research is compatible with their interests, including ...

The Informed Consent Form should be in the primary language of the research participant, or at least in a language in which the participant is considered fluent. The investigator should submit a ...

Clinical research consent forms for certain FDA-regulated clinical trials are now required to contain a specific statement advising participants that clinical trial information will be entered ...

When the consent document would provide the only link to the subject and the principal risk of the research would be a breach of confidentiality. Note that each subject (or LAR) must be asked whether ...