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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Trials. 2019 Oct 24;17(1):3–14. doi: 10.1177/1740774519881616

Table 4.

Informed consent violations

On-site
No on-site
Identified through
Identified through
Local review, Pts (%) On-site visit, Pts (%) Either Local review, Pts (%) On-site visit, Pts (%) Either
Any informed consent violation 33 (1.6) 24 (1.1) 56 (2.7) 40 (1.8) 1 (0.04) 41 (1.8)
Type of consent violation founda
 - Prior to randomization, participant signed an incorrect or unapproved main study consent form 0 (0.0) 13 (0.6) 13 (0.6) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
 - Baseline stored specimens were collected prior the participant signing the IRB/EC-approved main study consent form 5 (0.2) 3 (0.1) 8 (0.4) 17 (0.8) 0 (0.0) 17 (0.8)
 - The signature page of the most recently signed mains study consent form is not on file 28 (1.3) 10 (0.5) 38 (1.8) 28 (1.2) 1 (0.04) 29 (1.3)
 - The signature on the most recently signed main study consent form was not made by the participant or legal representative 2 (0.1) 0 (0.0) 2 (0.1) 3 (0.1) 0 (0.0) 3 (0.1)
a

Participants could have more than one type of violation for this monitoring outcome

IRB = Institutional review board

EC = Ethics committee