Internet use in clinical trials Recruiting patients is a critical point of today’s clinical research and, along the years, several solutions have been proposed, even if their efficacy seems to be doubtful. On the other hand, nowadays, Internet represents a great opportunity for improving clinical trial recruitments. Nevertheless, on-line recruitment services (e-recruitment) could ensure some advantages (such as facilitating interaction between supply and demand of clinical research, time and money savings/optimizations, data entry errors reduction), but also raise some issues (such as those related to sampling, information, consent, real identity of participants and risks for data breaches). The article debates on the difficulties to recruit patients for clinical research, in general, and e-recruitment particularly, discussing some ethical issues raised by internet enrolment. Clin Ter 2014; 165(1):e79-85. doi: 10.7417/CT.2014.1678
L’arruolamento dei pazienti rappresenta un elemento critico dell’odierna ricerca clinica e, nel tempo, sono state proposte diverse soluzioni, la cui efficacia si è però dimostrata dubbia. D’altra parte, oggi Internet rappresenta una grande opportunità per tentare di migliorare i reclutamenti degli studi clinici. Tuttavia, i reclutamenti on-line (e-recruitment) procurano alcuni indubbi vantaggi (come la facilitazione dell’incontro tra domanda e offerta di ricerca clinica, risparmi/ottimizzazioni in termini di tempo e risorse economiche, la riduzione degli errori nell’acquisizione dei dati), ma presentano anche alcune criticità (come quelle legate alla sottorappresentatività dei campionamenti, all’adeguatezza e comprensione delle informazioni sulla ricerca, all’acquisizione di un consenso valido, all’accertamento dell’identità dei partecipanti e ai rischi di violazione dei dati personali). L’articolo affronta, a livello generale, il tema dell’esiguità degli arruolamenti nella ricerca clinica e, in maniera specifica, quello dell’e-recruitment, discutendo alcune questioni etiche sollevate da quest’ultimo.
Refolo, P., Sacchini, D., Minacori, R., Spagnolo, A. G., L’uso di Internet nei trial clinici, <<LA CLINICA TERAPEUTICA>>, 2014; 165 (1): 79-85. [doi:10.7417/CT.2014.1678] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/59720]
L’uso di Internet nei trial clinici
Refolo, Pietro;Sacchini, Dario;Minacori, Roberta;Spagnolo, Antonio Gioacchino
2014
Abstract
Internet use in clinical trials Recruiting patients is a critical point of today’s clinical research and, along the years, several solutions have been proposed, even if their efficacy seems to be doubtful. On the other hand, nowadays, Internet represents a great opportunity for improving clinical trial recruitments. Nevertheless, on-line recruitment services (e-recruitment) could ensure some advantages (such as facilitating interaction between supply and demand of clinical research, time and money savings/optimizations, data entry errors reduction), but also raise some issues (such as those related to sampling, information, consent, real identity of participants and risks for data breaches). The article debates on the difficulties to recruit patients for clinical research, in general, and e-recruitment particularly, discussing some ethical issues raised by internet enrolment. Clin Ter 2014; 165(1):e79-85. doi: 10.7417/CT.2014.1678I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.