Savulescu J, Chalmers I, Blunt J
Clinical Ethics Project, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals.
BMJ. 1996 Nov 30;313(7069):1390-3. doi: 10.1136/bmj.313.7069.1390.
The results of recent empirical investigations in research synthesis imply that research ethics committees are behaving unethically by endorsing new research which is unnecessary and by acquiescing in biased under-reporting of research which they have approved. The performance and accountability of research ethics committees would be improved if they required those proposing research to present systematic reviews of relevant previous research in support of their applications; to summarise the results of these reviews in the information prepared for potential participants; to register new controlled trials at inception; and to ensure that the results of these trials are made publicly available within a reasonable period of time after completion of data collection.
近期研究综合实证调查的结果表明,研究伦理委员会存在不道德行为,他们批准不必要的新研究,并默许对其已批准研究的有偏见的报告不足。如果研究伦理委员会要求提出研究的人员提供相关先前研究的系统综述以支持其申请;在为潜在参与者准备的信息中总结这些综述的结果;在试验开始时登记新的对照试验;并确保在数据收集完成后的合理时间内公开这些试验的结果,那么研究伦理委员会的表现和问责制将会得到改善。