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ArticleNPJ digital medicine2024

Towards a common European ethical and legal framework for conducting clinical research: the GATEKEEPER experience.

Alessia Maccaro, Vasiliki Tsiompanidou, Davide Piaggio, Alba M Gallego Montejo, Gloria Cea Sánchez, Jordi de Batlle, Adrian Quesada Rodriguez, Giuseppe Fico, Leandro Pecchia

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Article in NPJ digital medicine, 2024. 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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4citing papers in PubMed
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Alessia MaccaroApplied Biomedical Signal Processing Intelligent eHealth Lab, University of Warwick, CV47AL, Coventry, UK. alessia.maccaro@warwick.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9338-9884
Vasiliki TsiompanidouUDG Alliance (UDGA), 15 rue Fort Barreau, 1201, Geneva, Switzerland.
Davide PiaggioApplied Biomedical Signal Processing Intelligent eHealth Lab, University of Warwick, CV47AL, Coventry, UK.
Alba M Gallego MontejoLife Supporting Technologies-LifeSTech, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040, Madrid, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2858-0919
Gloria Cea SánchezLife Supporting Technologies-LifeSTech, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040, Madrid, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6947-4672
Jordi de BatlleGroup of Translational Research in Respiratory Medicine, IRBLleida, Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova and Santa Maria, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Lleida, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3500-6608
Adrian Quesada RodriguezUDG Alliance (UDGA), 15 rue Fort Barreau, 1201, Geneva, Switzerland.
Giuseppe FicoLife Supporting Technologies-LifeSTech, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040, Madrid, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1551-4613
Leandro PecchiaUniversity Campus Bio-Medico, Via Alvaro del Portillo 21, 00128, Rome, Italy.
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid · ESUniversity of Warwick · GBEuropean Federation of Animal Science · ITHospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova · ESUniversità Campus Bio-Medico · IT

Funding

EC | Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020) 857223
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This paper examines the ethical and legal challenges encountered during the GATEKEEPER Project and how these challenges informed the development of a comprehensive framework for future Large-Scale Pilot (LSP) projects. GATEKEEPER is a LSP Project with 48 partners conducting 30 implementation studies across Europe with 50,000 target participants grouped into 9 Reference Use Cases. The project underscored the complexity of obtaining ethical approval across various jurisdictions with divergent regulations and procedures. Through a detailed analysis of the issues faced and the strategies employed to navigate these challenges, this study proposes an ethical and legal framework. This framework, derived from a comparative analysis of ethical application forms and regulations, aims to streamline the ethical approval process for future LSP research projects. By addressing the hurdles encountered in GATEKEEPER, the proposed framework offers a roadmap for more efficient and effective project management, ensuring smoother implementation of similar projects in the future.

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PMID38615054
PMCPMC11016076
OpenAlexW4394785968

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