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Risks? What risks? Web sites gloss over details. (Clinical Trial Recruitment).(full clinical trial information lacking on most web sites)

Publication: Medicine & Health

Publication Date: 03-JUN-02
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COPYRIGHT 2002 Thomson Financial Inc.

Web sites that publicize clinical trials to potential participants greatly understate risks faced by people who participate in medical research, according to a new analysis by the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General.

On the upside, 21 of the 22 Web sites reviewed by OIG analysts offered a general explanation of the importance of research subjects' signing informed consent agreements. However, of the 110 specific clinical trial listings the OIG examined on...

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