StATS: Questions a volunteer should ask before participating in a clinical trial (created 2006-07-18)

A regular contributor to the IRBForum (MG), wrote a nice list of questions that a volunteer should ask before they decide to participate in a clinical trial.

1. Has this clinical trial been approved by an IRB?
2. Has this physician been authorized by an IRB to conduct this trial?
3. How do can I find out which IRB is overseeing this trial?

These are important questions and without mandatory registration of clinical trials, it is unclear where a research volunteer would get these answers.

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