Ethical issues posed by cluster randomized trials in health research
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- 20 April 2011
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Trials
- Vol. 12 (1) , 100
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-12-100
Abstract
The cluster randomized trial (CRT) is used increasingly in knowledge translation research, quality improvement research, community based intervention studies, public health research, and research in developing countries. However, cluster trials raise difficult ethical issues that challenge researchers, research ethics committees, regulators, and sponsors as they seek to fulfill responsibly their respective roles. Our project will provide a systematic analysis of the ethics of cluster trials. Here we have outlined a series of six areas of inquiry that must be addressed if the cluster trial is to be set on a firm ethical foundation:Keywords
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