Center for Population-Level Bioethics, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
J Infect Dis. 2019 Jul 2;220(220 Suppl 1):S7-S11. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiz163.
Some HIV remission studies include a treatment interruption that seriously risks infecting participants' sex partners with HIV. What, ethically, is owed to these nonparticipants? Until greater certainty emerges on what protections should be afforded nonparticipants of research studies, what I call a "low-hanging fruit" approach may help researchers and review bodies determine how to address infection risks to nonparticipants in these studies.
一些 HIV 缓解研究包括治疗中断,这严重危及研究参与者的性伴侣感染 HIV 的风险。从伦理上讲,应该给予这些非参与者什么?在研究非参与者应得到何种保护方面,尚未有更大的确定性之前,我所说的“低挂果实”方法可能有助于研究人员和审查机构确定如何应对这些研究中非参与者的感染风险。