A case study evaluation of ethics review systems for multicentre clinical trials.

摘要

Hicks and colleagues presented a study contrasting the ethics review system in two multicentre trials. They concluded that the introduction of a centralised ethics review process in New South Wales did not reduce the overall time taken to receive approval, but did help to reduce the time, and resources involved in preparing applications.We are establishing a multicentre trial to prospectively evaluate and refine a model to predict patient outcomes after endovascular aortic aneurysm repair. This will involve collaboration between vascular surgeons at over 40 sites throughout Australia, one site in the United Kingdom and six sites in New Zealand.