Abstract:IntroductionIn Spain, biomedical research applications must receive a positive ethical opinion from Research Ethics Committees (RECs) before being executed. There is limited information on how to optimize the ethical review process to reduce delays. This study was performed to characterize variables predicting favorable opinions at the first ethical review performed by a REC.Material and MethodsThe study assessed all research applications revised by a REC in 2019–2020. Data was extracted from REC's database of… Show more
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