Presently, there is no operational framework to guides investigators in designing, and IRBs in evaluating, recruitment methodologies and payment proposals to international research participants. This lack of guidance has been a cause for concern amongst regulators, trialists, advocacy groups, and research participants –especially when conducting clinical trials in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs).
July 2021: Fair payment and just benefits to enhance diversity in clinical research
November 2020: On Measuring Attitudes About Payment for Research
February 2020: Economic Vulnerability and Payment for Research Participation
October 2019: Ethics of Payment in Clinical Research
August 2019: Relocation of Study Participants for Rare and Ultra-Rare Disease Trials: Ethics and Operations
April 2018: Truth in Advertising: Disclosure of Participant Payment in Research Recruitment Materials
February 2018: A Framework for Ethical Payment to Research Participants