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ReviewTrauma surgery & acute care open2023

Regulatory challenges in conducting human subjects research in emergency settings: the National Trauma Research Action Plan (NTRAP) scoping review.

Cynthia Lizette Villarreal, Michelle A Price, Ashley N Moreno, Alfonso Zenteno, Christine Saenz, Alexander Toppo, Juan Pablo Herrera-Escobar, Carrie A Sims, Eileen M Bulger, (NTRAP) Investigators Group National Trauma Research Action Plan

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Review in Trauma surgery & acute care open, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Burn Progression in Human Skin-A Review of Current Knowledge and Opportunities for Future Research.Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Cynthia Lizette VillarrealCoalition for National Trauma Research, San Antonio, Texas, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8685-4191
Michelle A PriceCoalition for National Trauma Research, San Antonio, Texas, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6402-7956
Ashley N MorenoCoalition for National Trauma Research, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Alfonso ZentenoCoalition for National Trauma Research, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Christine SaenzCoalition for National Trauma Research, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Alexander ToppoCoalition for National Trauma Research, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Juan Pablo Herrera-EscobarCenter for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Carrie A SimsDivision of Trauma, Critical Care, and Burn, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Eileen M BulgerDepartment of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
(NTRAP) Investigators Group National Trauma Research Action Plan

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The complexity of the care environment, the emergent nature, and the severity of patient injury make conducting clinical trauma research challenging. These challenges hamper the ability to investigate potentially life-saving research that aims to deliver pharmacotherapeutics, test medical devices, and develop technologies that may improve patient survival and recovery. Regulations intended to protect research subjects impede scientific advancements needed to treat the critically ill and injured and balancing these regulatory priorities is challenging in the acute setting. This scoping review attempted to systematically identify what regulations are challenging in conducting trauma and emergency research. A systematic search of PubMed was performed to identify studies published between 2007 and 2020, from which 289 articles that address regulatory challenges in conducting research in emergency settings were included. Data were extracted and summarized using descriptive statistics and a narrative synthesis of the results. The review is reported in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews guidelines. Most articles identified were editorial/commentary (31%) and published in the USA (49%). Regulatory factors addressed in the papers were categorized under 15 regulatory challenge areas: informed consent (78%), research ethics (65%), institutional review board (55%), human subjects protection (54%), enrollment (53%), exception from informed consent (51%), legally authorized representative (50%), patient safety (41%), community consultation (40%), waiver of informed consent (40%), recruitment challenges (39%), patient perception (30%), liability (15%), participant incentives (13%), and common rule (11%). We identified several regulatory barriers to conducting trauma and emergency research. This summary will support the development of best practices for investigators and funding agencies.

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PMCPMC9990621

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