ArticleJournal of general internal medicine2008
National evaluation of policies on individual financial conflicts of interest in Canadian academic health science centers.
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- Research ethics committees in the regulation of clinical research: comparison of Finland to England, Canada, and the United States.Health research policy and systems · 2016Article
- Correlation between financial relationships with commercial interests and research prominence at an oncology meeting.Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · 2013Article
- Those who have the gold make the evidence: how the pharmaceutical industry biases the outcomes of clinical trials of medications.Science and engineering ethics · 2012Article
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Abstract
backgroundConflicts of interest (COI) in research are an important emerging topic of investigation and are frequently cited as a serious threat to the integrity of human participant research.
objectiveTo study financial conflicts of interest (FCOI) policies for individual investigators working in Canadian academic health centers.
designSurvey instrument containing 61 items related to FCOI.
settingAll Canadian academic health science centers (universities with faculties of medicine, faculties of medicine and teaching hospitals) were requested to provide their three primary FCOI policies. MEASUREMENTS: Number of all centers and teaching hospitals with policies addressing each of the 61 items related to FCOI. MAIN
resultsOnly one item was addressed by all 74 centers. Thirteen items were present in fewer than 25% of centers. Fewer than one-quarter of hospitals required researchers to disclose FCOI to research participants. The role of research ethics boards (REBs) in hospitals was marginal. LIMITATIONS: Asking centers to identify only three policies may not have inclusively identified all FCOI policies in use. Additionally, policies at other levels might apply. For instance, all institutions receiving federal grant money must comply with the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans.
conclusionsCanadian centers within the same level (for instance, teaching hospitals) differ significantly in the areas that their policies address and these policies differ widely in their coverage. Presently, no single policy in any Canadian center informs researchers about the broad range of individual FCOI issues. Canadian investigators need to understand the environment surrounding FCOI, be able to access and follow the relevant policies and be confident that they can avoid entering into a FCOI.
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