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EU Multistakeholder Project Aims To Give eConsent The ‘Place It Deserves’

 
• By Vibha Sharma

The EU Forum for Good Clinical Practice is working on boosting the use of electronic informed consent, the uptake of which in clinical trials has been poor. 

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A common misunderstanding about eConsent is that it is about remote consent or electronic signatures • Source: Shutterstock

An EU initiative that aims to support the uptake of electronic informed consent (eConsent) processes in clinical trials is making good progress and is on track to deliver practical guidance in this area next year.

Key Takeaways

  • Although eConsent has several advantages over the traditional paper-based informed consent methods, its adoption so far has been quite limited.

The initiative, which is being run by the not-for-profit, multi-stakeholder organization, the EU Forum for Good Clinical Practice (EFGCP), will...

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