Abstract:Background
Before enrolling in a clinical trial, subjects have to be informed about the nature of the study and every possible benefit and risk, in order to consciously decide whether to participate. For this reason, during the evaluation phase of a protocol, the Ethics Committee (EC) of the Verona University Hospital, among other tasks, expresses its opinion about ‘the adequacy and completeness of the written information to the subject’, possibly requiring changes to the document.
Purpose
To describe, in th… Show more
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