title: [Focusing on the steps to follow to initiate a clinical research project].
abstract: Texts governing clinical research are regularly revised in French law. The knowledge of administrative procedures to enable studies should be available to all interested clinicians. University hospitals are privileged with dedicated structures providing methodological and administrative support but which are sometimes ignored or underutilized. In this paper, we propose to define the categories of clinical research, their respective administrative framework and the steps and documents required for their realization in France. Finally, we specify some rules to follow in order to enable the communication of scientific results in international journals.
authors.affiliation: Service de néphrologie et département de santé publique, hôpital Pasteur, CHU de Nice, France.
authors.forename: Mathieu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Taupiac
authors.forename: Coraline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fafin
authors.forename: Mickael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vivien
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Esnault
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pradier
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Moranne
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D012107:Research Design