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Ethics Guidance
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HPTN Ethics
Guidance
 In
response to on-going questions and concerns raised by HPTN investigators
and collaborators faced with shifting ethical guidance at national and
international levels, the HPTN Executive Committee charged the Ethics
Working Group with developing guidance for ethical decision-making and
practice. The resulting document, "HIV Prevention Trials Network
Ethical Guidance for Research," is now available.
Read about the process that produced the
guidance document and how it fits into HPTN research in this article from
the March-April 2003 issue of IRB: Ethics & Human Research:
"Back
to the Rough Ground: Working in International HIV Prevention as Ethical
Debates Continue."
The "HIV
Prevention Trials Network Ethical Guidance for Research"
document is built on HPTN aspirations and synthesizes best practices and
accepted standards for the conduct of ethical research. With few
exceptions, the actions outlined reflect procedures and strategies that
are already being used within the HPTN, though perhaps not consistently.
Implementing the Guidance will therefore initially require some additional
effort by HPTN members, and strategies for accomplishing this will need to
be developed. Additionally, the document may need to be refined as
experience using the Guidance is garnered, new research is designed, or
when significant events occur that affect the Guidance for research
already underway or on the “go” list. As such, this is a living
document.
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