7th revision of the Declaration of Helsinki: good news for the transparency of clinical trials.

摘要

In October 2008, the 59th World Medical Association (WMA) General Assembly in Seoul adopted the 7th revision of the Declaration of Helsinki: "Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects." This new version is the result of an extensive review process which started in 2007 and which received contributions by various national medical associations, researchers, and medical journal editors (1).The 7th revision of Declaration contains important new requirements related to the registration of clinical trials and reporting of their results.