Key criteria for the ethical acceptability of COVID-19 human challenge studies: Report of a WHO Working Group

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Journal: Vaccine
[저자] Euzebiusz Jamrozik, Katherine Littler, Susan Bull, Claudia Emerson, Gagandeep Kang, Melissa Kapulu, Elena Rey, Carla Saenz, Seema Shah, Peter G Smith, Ross Upshur, Charles Weijer, Michael J Selgelid, for the WHO Working Group for Guidance on Human Challenge Studies in COVID-19
[Category] MERS, SARS,
PMC URL    Pubmed URL    [DOI] 10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.10.075    
[Article Type] Practice Guideline
[Source] PMC

This report of the WHO Working Group for Guidance on Human Challenge Studies in COVID-19 outlines ethical standards for COVID-19 challenge studies. It includes eight Key Criteria related to scientific justification, risk-benefit assessment, consultation and engagement, co-ordination of research, site selection, participant selection, expert review, and informed consent. The document aims to provide comprehensive guidance to scientists, research ethics committees, funders, policymakers, and regulators in deliberations regarding SARS-CoV-2 challenge studies by outlining criteria that would need to be satisfied in order for such studies to be ethically acceptable.

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【저자키워드】 COVID-19, coronavirus, Ethics, clinical trials, Human challenge studies, Research Ethics, bioethics, controlled human infection,