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Article: Euro poll: urgent need for clin trial education.
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- Pharma Marketletter
- Article date:
- June 21, 2004
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42% of Europeans would be more likely to participate in a clinical research study if they were aware of measures in place to protect them, says a new poll of 2,300 people in the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Poland, Spain and the UK.
The BBK Healthcare poll found that 71% indicated that they were unaware of patient protections such as the Declaration of Helsinki, ethics committees and the informed consent process. After these measures were described, 42% said they would be more likely to participate in a clinical research study.
68% said they would consider participating in a trial. When asked why, 69% said: "to advance medicine/science;" these ...