国际临床研究电子知情同意监管及对中国的启示

Supervision of Electronic Informed Consent in International Clinical Research and Its Implications for China

目前,中国在电子知情同意领域还处于探索阶段,相关政策法规与应用指南还未建立健全,而传统知情同意监管体系难以适应电子知情同意创新发展的需求,如受试者隐私与数据安全等伦理问题。梳理并分析了欧美电子知情同意监管的法律规范和建设体系,结合中国目前电子知情同意发展现状以及问题挑战,针对性地从约束电子知情同意书的签署形式及过程、调整电子知情同意的伦理审查范式及提高电子知情同意伦理审查力度、提高电子知情同意法律体系建设、加强相关研究人员培训等方面提出构建中国临床研究电子知情同意监管的路径。

At present, China is still in the exploratory stage in the field of electronic informed consent(eIC), and relevant policies, regulations and application guidelines have not yet been established and improved. While the traditional informed consent supervision system is difficult to meet the needs of the innovative development of eIC, such as subject privacy and data security. Through sorting out and analyzing the legal norms and construction system of eIC supervision in Europe and the United States, combined with the current development status, problems, and challenges of eIC in China, this paper targeted proposed the path to construct the supervision of eIC in clinical research in China from the aspects of restricting the signing form and process of eIC, adjusting the ethical review paradigm of eIC, enhancing the strength of eIC ethical review, improving the construction of eIC legal system, and strengthening the training of relevant researchers.