Table 3.
Consent recommendations for scope and limits of iPSC research
Some unspecified or unknown future research uses might be straightforward and will not be sensitive or controversial in nature. These could conceivably be covered under the original consent (i.e., as Foundational research and applications in the table), as long as the distinction is explained.
This provision requires a mechanism for tracking subjects' willingness to be recontacted (e.g., check box on consent form) and ability to follow up in the future when novel applications in this category are being pursued.
If a participant cannot be recontacted for affirmative reconsent in the case of sensitive future research projects, it should be assumed that the participant has not consented to these projects, and other samples must be obtained and used.
Abbreviation: iPSC, induced pluripotent stem cell.