The ethical responsibility to continue investigational treatments of research participants in situation of armed conflicts, economic sanctions or natural catastrophes

This paper discusses the effects of armed conflict, economic sanctions, and natural catastrophes on ongoing clinical trials. We suggest that• stopping the accrual of new patients in clinical trials under such extreme conditions is acceptable.• research participants already receiving trial medication...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Medicine
Main Authors:	Sandor Kerpel-Fronius, Chieko Kurihara, Francis P. Crawley, Varvara Baroutsou, Sander Becker, Brigitte Franke-Bray, Kotone Matsuyama, Shehla Naseem, Johanna Schenk
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-08-01
Subjects:	Ukraine war economic sanctions vulnerable population clinical trials ethics investigational treatment
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2022.950409/full