Key result
Fast-track pandemic review prioritizes observational studies, comprising ~77% of evaluated protocols.
Why the study?
The ethical and methodological challenges of enrolling patients into multiple concurrent COVID-19 clinical trials required evaluation and guidance.
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy * See also p. 328. The author has disclosed that she does not have any potential conflicts of interest.
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Gilda Cinnella (2015) studied COVID-19 research protocols (n=98). Fast-track ethical review process vs. Standard review process (pre-pandemic) was evaluated on Types and frequencies of submitted COVID-19 research protocols.
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