Clinical Trials of Xenotransplantation: Waiver of the Right to Withdraw from a Clinical Trial Should Be Required |
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| Authors: | Monique A Spillman Robert M Sade |
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| Institution: | Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Denver,Colorado, USA. |
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| Abstract: | Xenotransplantation pits clinical research ethics against public health needs because recipients must undergo long-term, perhaps life-long, surveillance for infectious diseases. This surveillance requirement is effectively an abrogation of the right to withdraw from a clinical trial. Ulysses contracts, which are advance directives for future care, may be an ethical mechanism by which to balance public health needs against limitation of individual rights. |
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