High-quality scientific research is very important in attempting to effectively control the coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)pandemic and ensure people’s health and safety.Chloroquine(CQ)and hydroxychloroquine(HCQ)h...High-quality scientific research is very important in attempting to effectively control the coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)pandemic and ensure people’s health and safety.Chloroquine(CQ)and hydroxychloroquine(HCQ)have received much attention.This article comprehensively investigates the ethical review of off-label CQ and HCQ research during the COVID-19 pandemic with regard to strictly abiding by review standards,improving review efficiency,ensuring the rights and interests of subjects and that ethics committees conduct independent reviews,and achieving full ethics supervision of research conducted during an emergency.Research must be both rigorous and prudent to ensure the best outcome,with the maximization of benefits as the core principle.Standardization of the application,implementation and ethical review processes are needed to prevent unnecessary risk.展开更多
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.81900641Peking University Health Center for Combating the Pandemic Programs,No.BMU 2021MX020,and No.BMU 2022MX008.
文摘High-quality scientific research is very important in attempting to effectively control the coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)pandemic and ensure people’s health and safety.Chloroquine(CQ)and hydroxychloroquine(HCQ)have received much attention.This article comprehensively investigates the ethical review of off-label CQ and HCQ research during the COVID-19 pandemic with regard to strictly abiding by review standards,improving review efficiency,ensuring the rights and interests of subjects and that ethics committees conduct independent reviews,and achieving full ethics supervision of research conducted during an emergency.Research must be both rigorous and prudent to ensure the best outcome,with the maximization of benefits as the core principle.Standardization of the application,implementation and ethical review processes are needed to prevent unnecessary risk.
