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Policies of academic medical centers for disclosing financial conflicts of interest to potential research participants.

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Weinfurt, KP; Dinan, MA; Allsbrook, JS; Friedman, JY; Hall, MA; Schulman, KA; Sugarman, J
Published in: Acad Med
February 2006

PURPOSE: To document the current state of institutional review board (IRB) and conflict of interest committee policies regarding disclosures of financial conflicts of interest to potential research participants, and to use this information to identify and share models for effectively achieving disclosure. METHOD: The authors identified the 123 U.S. academic medical centers that have IRBs and sought their IRB and institutional policies regarding financial conflicts of interest. In February and March 2004, using manual and key word searches, each institution's Web site was searched to identify documents containing information regarding the disclosure of financial conflicts of interest. Letters were sent to 24 institutions that had either no information or incomplete information posted on their Web sites. To assess institutions' guidelines for disclosure, the authors extracted and content coded each institution's information on disclosure. RESULTS: Relevant information was obtained from 120 (98%) academic medical centers (AMCs), of which 57 (48%) mentioned disclosing financial conflicts to potential research participants. Of these 57, 33 (58%) included verbatim language that could be used in informed consent documents. AMCs' recommendations and requirements for disclosure included details of the financial arrangement, administrative management of conflicts of interest, and encouragement of dialogue between the investigator and the potential research participant. CONCLUSIONS: Considerable variability exists concerning the specific information that should be disclosed. Most of the AMCs' policies were consistent with the goal of protection from legal liability. Significant questions remain, however, concerning the goals of disclosure and the most effective methods for achieving those goals.

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Acad Med

DOI

ISSN

1040-2446

Publication Date

February 2006

Volume

81

Issue

2

Start / End Page

113 / 118

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Research Support as Topic
  • Research Personnel
  • Organizational Policy
  • Humans
  • General & Internal Medicine
  • Ethics Committees, Research
  • Disclosure
  • Data Collection
  • Conflict of Interest
 

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Weinfurt, K. P., Dinan, M. A., Allsbrook, J. S., Friedman, J. Y., Hall, M. A., Schulman, K. A., & Sugarman, J. (2006). Policies of academic medical centers for disclosing financial conflicts of interest to potential research participants. Acad Med, 81(2), 113–118. https://doi.org/10.1097/00001888-200602000-00003
Weinfurt, Kevin P., Michaela A. Dinan, Jennifer S. Allsbrook, Joëlle Y. Friedman, Mark A. Hall, Kevin A. Schulman, and Jeremy Sugarman. “Policies of academic medical centers for disclosing financial conflicts of interest to potential research participants.Acad Med 81, no. 2 (February 2006): 113–18. https://doi.org/10.1097/00001888-200602000-00003.
Weinfurt KP, Dinan MA, Allsbrook JS, Friedman JY, Hall MA, Schulman KA, et al. Policies of academic medical centers for disclosing financial conflicts of interest to potential research participants. Acad Med. 2006 Feb;81(2):113–8.
Weinfurt, Kevin P., et al. “Policies of academic medical centers for disclosing financial conflicts of interest to potential research participants.Acad Med, vol. 81, no. 2, Feb. 2006, pp. 113–18. Pubmed, doi:10.1097/00001888-200602000-00003.
Weinfurt KP, Dinan MA, Allsbrook JS, Friedman JY, Hall MA, Schulman KA, Sugarman J. Policies of academic medical centers for disclosing financial conflicts of interest to potential research participants. Acad Med. 2006 Feb;81(2):113–118.

Published In

Acad Med

DOI

ISSN

1040-2446

Publication Date

February 2006

Volume

81

Issue

2

Start / End Page

113 / 118

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Research Support as Topic
  • Research Personnel
  • Organizational Policy
  • Humans
  • General & Internal Medicine
  • Ethics Committees, Research
  • Disclosure
  • Data Collection
  • Conflict of Interest