Report and Recommendations on Public Trust in Clinical Research for the NIH Director from the Director's Council of Public Representative (COPR)

摘要

The basic premise that evolved from the workshop and COPRs related research into the issue of public trust in clinical research is the following: To improve and enhance the state of clinical research in this country, it is essential to build trust and relationships among all stakeholders. Thus, the recommendations fall into the following areas which refer to the various stakeholders in the clinical research process: Building trust through community partnerships; Building relationships with patients; Building partnerships with community providers; Building trust in scientists; Building trust in the NIH and scientific research. The term community is used throughout this report. For purposes of this report, COPR defines community as an association of people who gather together to share a common interest and/or relevancy during a period of time. The term community is seen as dynamic depending on the reference and context. For example, different contexts and references for the term community that arose during the workshop included references to communities that were geographic, cultural, interest-based, and organizational in nature.