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The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors — which counts several prestigious periodicals among its members — is giving authors an offer they can’t refuse: Agree to share your clinical trial data with subsequent researchers or your manuscript will not be published.
In the three years since Congress passed the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act of 2012 with its provision encouraging the inclusion of minorities in clinical trials, IRBs and research sites have continued to struggle with the need to diversify study participant pools.
Investigators and IRBs are finding a variety of ways to increase minority representation in studies and clinical trials, including policies mandating such recruitment.
The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology warns that proposed revisions to the Common Rule may have unintended consequences if infection prevention research is not excluded from approval by IRBs.
Financial Disclosure: Editor Melinda Young, Senior Staff Writer Gary Evans, Managing Editor Jill Drachenberg, Associate Managing Editor Dana Spector, Physician Reviewer Lindsay McNair, MD, MPH, MSBioethics, and Nurse Planner Kay Ball, RN, PhD, report no consultant, stockholder, speaker’s bureau, research, or other financial relationships with companies having ties to this field of study.
