Penelitian
Historical Background
NAZI human experimentation
•Experiments on twins
•Bone, muscle, and nerve transplantation
experiments
•Malaria experiment
•Freezing experiments
•Mustard gas experiments
•Sulfonamide experiments
•See water experiments
•Sterilization experiments
•….
Historical Background
– Nuremburg Doctors Trials (1946)
• Atrocious trials done on Nazi’s camp.
• Typically never informed consent, ended with death,
dysfigurement, or permanent disabilities
• Nuremburg Code, 1947
– Willowbrook Hepatitis Study (1958)
• School for mentally disabled children
• Dr. Saul Krugman, New York University School of Medicine
• Mental retarded children were deliberately fed a solution
including the feces of children with hepatitis
– Tuskegee Syphilis Trial
• 1932 -1972 study designed to look at the natural history of
untreated syphilis
• In 1951 penicillin was discovered, but African American
subjects continued to receive placebo
• Declaration of Helsinki, 1964
Some Ethics Guidelines
in Clinical Research
1947 Nuremburg Code
1964 Declaration of Helsinki
1979 Belmont Report
1993 CIOMS International Ethical Guidelines
for Biomedical Research (Updated 2002)
1997 ICH-GCP
Nuremburg Code (1947)
Voluntary participation is absolutely essential
• Voluntary consent
• free to withdraw at any time
Minimization of risk
• Avoiding unnecessary suffering
• Risk-benefit assessment
• Able to stop the study at any time
Scientific quality
• Qualification of researcher
• Adequate facility and means to protect subject
Belmont Report, 1979
• Basic Principles of Research Ethics
1. Respect for Persons
• Informed consent
• Protection of vulnerable populations
2. Beneficence
• Non-malfeasance
3. Justice
• Fairness
Declaration of Helsinki, 1964
World Medical Association
The origin of Ethical Principles for Medical Research
Involving Human Subjects
The International Conference on
Harmonisation (ICH-GCP)
– investigator’s brochure
Principle 10
• All clinical trial information should be
recorded, handled, and stored in a way that
allows its accurate reporting, interpretation,
and verification.
• Semua informasi berkaitan dengan Uji Klinik harus dicatat,
ditata laksana, dan disimpan sedemikian rupa sehingga
memungkinkan pelaporan, interpretasi, dan verifikasi yang
akurat.
If it is not written, it had never happen
Principle 6
• A trial should be conducted in compliance with the
protocol that has received prior institutional review
board IRB)/ independent ethics committee (IEC)
approval/favourable opinion.