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52 - ABPI Guidance note – patient information and consents for clinical trials

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 January 2010

Sue Eckstein
Affiliation:
King's College London
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This guidance provides a checklist as to the items which ought to be covered when a Member Company is designing (for use in connection with a company-sponsored clinical trial in the United Kingdom) (a) an information leaflet to be provided to patients as candidates for inclusion in a clinical trial and (b) the form of consent for signature by patients prior to inclusion. Both forms should be provided separately and be approved by an appropriate Ethics Committee. It is not intended to recommend any particular format for these purposes. Some sponsoring companies prefer most information to be in the information leaflet, and the consent form merely to recite that consent has been given. Although this note suggests recitation of key matters in the Consent Form this is not critical provided the relevant information is drawn to the patient's attention in the leaflet. Obviously it is desirable that whatever the format, it is ‘user friendly’ and as comprehensive as possible for lay readers.

In preparing this guidance consideration has been given to legal, medical and ethical principles, the requirements of the Declaration of Helsinki, and to other relevant texts including the Report of the Royal College of Physicians of London entitled ‘Research Involving Patients’ (January 1990) (‘the RCP Report’); CPMP/ICH guidelines on ‘Good Clinical Practice’; (CPMP/ICH/135/95).

Compliance with the recommendations in this guidance note does not obviate the need to add to or adjust any documents to take account of any unusual features in a trial.

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Manual for Research Ethics Committees
Centre of Medical Law and Ethics, King's College London
, pp. 348 - 350
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2003

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