Ethics in systematic reviews

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 771-774

  Vergnes, Jean Noel ^a   Marchal Sixou, Christine ^a   Nabet, Cathy ^a   Maret, Delphine ^a   Hamel, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; RESEARCH ETHICS;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 78649673068     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2010.039941     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. National Institutes of Health. Nuremberg Code. Office of Human Subjects Research. Trials of war criminals before the Nuremberg military tribunals under Control Council Law no 10, vol 2, pp 181-182. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 1949. http://ohsr.od.nih.gov/guidelines/nuremberg.html (accessed 26 Aug 2010).
2. World Medical Association. Declaration of Helsinki, ethical principles for medical research involving human subjects, revised October 2008. http://www.wma.net/en/30publications/10policies/b3/index.html (accessed 26 Aug 2010).
3. Ruiz-Canela M, de Irala-Estevez J, Martínez-González, et al. Methodological quality and reporting of ethical requirements in clinical trials. J Med Ethics 2001;27:172-6.
4. International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals. 2010. http://www.icmje.org (accessed 26 Aug 2010).
5. Weingarten MA, Paul M, Leibovici L. Assessing ethics of trials in systematic reviews. BMJ 2004;328:1013-14.
6. Schuman SH, Olansky S, Rivers E, et al. Untreated syphilis in the male negro; background and current status of patients in the Tuskegee study. J Chronic Dis 1955;2:543-58.
7. Post SG. The echo of Nuremberg: Nazi data and ethics. J Med Ethics 1991;17:42-4.
8. Riley RD, Lambert PC, Abo-Zaid G. Meta-analysis of individual participant data: rationale, conduct, and reporting. BMJ 2010;340:521-5.
9. Shostack J. De-Identification of clinical trials data demystified. http://www.webcitation.org/5jxKAuL10 (accessed 26 Aug 2010).
10. Higgins JPT, Green S, eds. Cochrane handbook for systematic reviews of interventions version 5.0.2 [updated September 2009]. The Cochrane Collaboration 2009. http://www.cochrane-handbook.org (accessed 26 Aug 2010).
11. Foster C. The Ethics of Medical Research on Humans. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001.
12. Tuech JJ, Pessaux P, Moutel G, et al. Methodological quality and reporting of ethical requirements in phase III cancer trials. J Med Ethics 2005;31:251-5.
13. Equator Network. Enhancing the quality and transparency of health research. http://www.equator-network.org (accessed 26 Aug 2010).
14. Moher D, Hopewell S, Schulz KF, et al. CONSORT 2010 explanation and elaboration: updated guidelines for reporting parallel group randomised trials. BMJ 2010;340:c869.
15. von Elm E, Altman DG, Egger M, et al. Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) statement: guidelines for reporting observational studies. BMJ 2007;335:806-8.
16. Bossuyt PM, Reitsma JB, Bruns DE, et al. Standards for Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy. Toward complete and accurate reporting of studies of diagnostic accuracy: the STARD initiative. BMJ 2003;326:41-4.
17. Djulbegovic B, Clarke M. Ethical issues in the reporting of clinical trials. JAMA 2001;286:1577-8.
18. Schulz KF, Moher D, Altman DG. In reply to "Ethical issues in the reporting of clinical trials". JAMA 2001;286:1577-8.
19. Moher D, Liberati A, Tetzlaff J, et al. Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement. BMJ 2009;339:b2535.
20. Stroup DF, Berlin JA, Morton SC, et al. Meta-analysis of Observational Studies in Epidemiology: a proposal for reporting. JAMA 2000;283:2008-12.