Covid-19 Clinical Research Flyers: I am Sick with COVID-19: Should I Join a COVID-19 Research Study? URDU

Flyer / Tools

Developed on: February 2022 

Developed by: MRCT Center Health Literacy Workgroup

Thank you to Dr. Farah Asif and colleagues at the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital And Research Centre, Lahore, Pakistan for helping us translate, adapt text, and provide these flyers in Urdu.

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Covid-19 Clinical Research Flyers: I am a Child with COVID-19: Should I Join a COVID-19 Research Study? URDU

Flyer / Tools

Developed on: February 2022 

Developed by: MRCT Center Health Literacy Workgroup

Thank you to Dr. Farah Asif and colleagues at the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Lahore, Pakistan for helping us translate, adapt text, and provide these flyers in Urdu.

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Covid-19 Clinical Research Flyers: I am a Healthy Child: Should I Join a COVID-19 Research Study? URDU

Flyer / Tools

Developed on: February 2022 

Developed by: MRCT Center Health Literacy Workgroup

Thank you to Dr. Farah Asif and colleagues at the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital And Research Centre, Lahore, Pakistan for helping us translate, adapt text, and provide these flyers in Urdu.

Related Resources

Covid-19 Clinical Research Flyers: I am Healthy: Should I Join a COVID-19 Research Study? URDU

Flyer / Tools

Developed on: February 2022 

Developed by: MRCT Center Health Literacy Workgroup

Thank you to Dr. Farah Asif and colleagues at the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital And Research Centre, Lahore, Pakistan for helping us translate, adapt text, and provide these flyers in Urdu.

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Returning of Individual Research Results and Data: Digging Deeper into IRB/HRPP Responsibilities

Webinar

Presented on: August 17, 2023

Presented at: Virtual

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Case Study: IRB/HRPP Responsibilities
May 2, 2023 webinar: Returning Individual Research Results and Data to Participants
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Return of Individual Results website

Review of diversity, equity, and inclusion by ethics committees: A Delphi consensus statement

Publication

Published on: August 11, 2023

Published in: Med (Cell Press)

Description: Laura Meloney, Hayat Ahmed, and Barbara Bierer coordinated a modified Delphi process to establish consensus on recommendations for IRBs/ethics committees and institutions to promote diversity and inclusion in interventional clinical research. In this paper, they discuss the 25 consolidated recommendations across four themes.

Decentralized Clinical Trials for Drugs, Biological Products, and Devices: Draft Guidance for Industry, Investigators, and Other Stakeholders

Public Comments

Presented on: July 31, 2023

Details: The MRCT Center offered comprehensive comments in response to the FDA Draft Guidance FDA-2022-D-2870, entitled Decentralized Clinical Trials for Drugs, Biological Products, and Devices: Draft Guidance for Industry, Investigators, and Other Stakeholders (FDA-2022-D-2870). The MRCT Center applauds the FDA for providing this timely and informative guidance, and our comments are intended to further clarify and expand the Agency’s recommendations. Read more here.

Terms and conditions apply: an ethical analysis of mobile health user agreements in research

Publication

Published on: July 14, 2023

Published in: Journal of Law and the Biosciences

Description: Luke Gelinas, MRCT Center Senior Advisor, Walker Morrell, former MRCT Center Project Manager, and Barbara Bierer published an ethical analysis of terms of service and other agreements used in mobile health technologies in clinical research. Risks, mitigating strategies, and recommendations for disclosure (with points to consider) were discussed to help ensure the privacy interests and rights of participants.

Site staff perspectives on communicating trial results to participants: Cost and feasibility results from the Show RESPECT cluster randomized, factorial, mixed-methods trial

Publication

Published on: July 29, 2023

Published in: The Society for Clinical Trials

Description: Colleagues in the UK, assisted by Dr. Bierer, assessed site staff experience in returning plain language summaries to participants after completion of a trial. Not only did the staff feel that the communication was important but there were no concerns or challenges in responding to participant questions. Operations and cost were both feasible.