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Stakeholder Views on Participant Selection for First-in-Human Trials in Cancer Nanomedicine
Author(s) -
Priya Satalkar,
Bernice S. Elger,
David Shaw
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
current oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.053
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1718-7729
pISSN - 1198-0052
DOI - 10.3747/co.23.3214
Subject(s) - medicine , clinical trial , alternative medicine , generalizability theory , thematic analysis , research ethics , disease , family medicine , qualitative research , psychology , psychiatry , pathology , developmental psychology , social science , sociology
Participant selection for first-in-human (fih) trials involves complex decisions. The trial design makes it unlikely that participants will receive clinically relevant therapeutic benefit, but they are likely to experience risks of various magnitudes and types. The aim of the present paper was to describe and discuss the views of investigators and ethics committee members about the choice of trial participants for fih trials in cancer nanomedicine.

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