Finishing what was started: an analysis of theater research conducted from 2010 to 2012.
The Joint Combat Casualty Research Team (JC2RT) is part of the human research protection regulatory system implemented in 2005 to oversee the conduct of research in a deployed military combatant command. In 2010, SharePoint, a web-based tool, was established to track study documents. This study conducted by JC2RT no. 13 describes characteristics of research studies under the purview of the JC2RT from 2010 through 2012. Of the 83 research studies reviewed, 34% were completed, 32% were not completed, and 34% were still in progress. Target sample sizes ranged from 12 to 70,000, with 96% of the research studying U.S. military members. The design of 61% of the studies was prospective, 20% surveys, and 14% retrospective reviews. Approximately one-half of the studies were conducted at single sites. Eighty-four percent of the studies that finished an institutional review board (IRB) were completed, whereas a large number of studies never made it to IRB approval. Even after studies have gone through the rigorous process of scientific review and IRB approval some continue to struggle for years to be completed in the theater of operations. The JC2RT is committed to helping facilitate the ethical conduct of research during war.
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Dukes
711 Human Performance Wing, 2510 5th Street Building 840, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH 45433.
Brandon
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Tourtillott
HQ USPACOM, J011A, Box 64028, Camp H.M. Smith, HI 96861.
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Bryant
Navy Environmental and Preventative Medicine Unit, 3235 Albacore Alley, San Diego, CA 92136.
Kristina
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Carter
U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research, 3698 Chambers Pass, Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234.
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McNair
711 Human Performance Wing, 2510 5th Street Building 840, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH 45433.
Genny
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Maupin
Naval Medical Research Center, 503 Robert Grant Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
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Tamminga
D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000592:standards; D028744:Ethics Committees, Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016730:Program Development; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014481:United States