Comparison of conflict of interest policies and reported practices in academic medical centers in the United States.
The authors reviewed the conflict of interest policies of 9 academic medical centers in the United States and interviewed members of the Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) and Conflict of Interest Committees (COICs) at those institutions. They found that many institutions used processes for reporting and managing conflicts of interest that were more decentralized than the processes described in their policies. Also, most institutions had no clear and comprehensive policy to guide investigators regarding disclosure of conflicts of interest to potential research participants. Considerable differences in understanding of conflict of interest policies were observed between IRB and COIC officials.
Dinan
Michaela A
MA
Center for Clinical and Genetic Economics, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC 27715, USA.
Weinfurt
Kevin P
KP
Friedman
Joëlle Y
JY
Allsbrook
Jennifer S
JS
Gottlieb
Julie
J
Schulman
Kevin A
KA
Hall
Mark A
MA
Dhillon
Jatinder K
JK
Sugarman
Jeremy
J
D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000592:standards*; D016265:Conflict of Interest; D030881:Disclosure; D028744:Ethics Committees, Research; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D014481:United States