Clinical trial NCT05195671: Implications of Ethics Determinant on Dentistry and Pharmacy Research
Official title: Implications of Ethics Determinant on Dentistry and Pharmacy Research: A Study of IRB Perspective
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Review, Research Peer
Keywords: Dental Ethics
Pharmacy Ethics
Institutional Ethics Committees
Lead sponsor: Misr International University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-01-19
Enrollment: 131
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: OTHER
Time perspective: RETROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: All students' research, Post-Grad and Research protocols submitted to MIU Institutional Review Board

Brief summary: The ethical review of dental and pharmacy research protocols has its own challenges facing the institutional ethical committees. Seemingly low risk procedure might pose controversies among committees' members. The aim of this article is to describe some of the ethical concerns, particular to dental and pharmacy research that an ethics committee could face while reviewing dental research.

Detailed description: The investigators have read all protocols submitted to the MIU IRB and reviewed all meetings' minutes to outline the ethical concerns that warranted discussions in the meetings, and how the committee came to a resolution for those concerns.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* all protocols submitted to IRB

Exclusion Criteria:

-

Primary outcomes:
measure: Ethical concerns
timeFrame: 1 month
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Cairo
country: Egypt
facility: Misr International University
Study officials:
affiliation: Vice president of community services and environmental awareness
name: Mahassen M Farghaly, Professor
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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