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LUMSA University organised Monday, March 22st 2021 the last meeting of its series of encounters to discuss informed consent in pandemic situations. This one, focused on ethical and legal requirements for biomedical research involving health data in the context of...

The project celebrated its final event: Towards the future of informed consent in clinical research. Yesterday, the i-CONSENT team finally presented its guidelines to improve informed consent in clinical studies. After 4 years of intense work and study in the...

Our partner LUMSA University organised Monday, March 1st 2021 a meeting to further discuss the different emerging ethical problems and implications that COVID-19 has for informed consent. This time, the team invited Prof. M. Toraldo Di Francia to discuss the...

New project publication featured in BMC Medical Ethics journal Providing understandable information to patients is necessary to achieve the aims of the Informed Consent process. In recent decades, new, primarily digital technologies have been used to apply and test...

The i-CONSENT project is coming to an end. After 4 years of intense work and study in the field of clinical research and bioethics we are proud to inform you that the project guidelines are ready for publication. These guidelines are the result of profound...

Following the first session in November, project partner LUMSA University, deemed necessary, given the high level conversation and fruitful discussions, the organization of an additional meeting with expert Dr. Antonio Addis. In this second meeting, Dr. Addis started...

New project article reflecting on informed consent for vaccine research in pediatric population published in Frontiers in Pediatrics Journal Project partners OPBG, LUMSA and AND CG have published a new article today. The paper is called "Improving Informed Consent for...

i-CONSENT has elaborated examples of communication materials to be used in clinical trials following the project recommendations. The idea was to elaborate a series of materials to deliver all the...

The team is presenting the results on the design thinking sessions organised in the framework of the project i-CONSENT is present on this years’ European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID) Annual Meeting, which is held virtually 26-29 October...

i-CONSENT publishes a report with the conclusions extracted from its virtual workshop “Rethinking informed consent: emerging challenges in the digital era” The document provides an overview of the online workshop organized by AND-CG and held on 26 March 2020. The...

Strategies and tools to know societies’ concerns and address them in our health messaging, especially in the current COVID-19 emergency Adapting information to the audience is crucial to meet their needs and values. These are unique and influenced by multiple factors...

The European Commission has granted the i-CONSENT project with a 1-year extension to continue improving informed consent processes. The extension responds to a late modification to widen the project activities and the mitigation of the impact of COVID-19. i-CONSENT...

Find a compilation of all the workshop panels here: Informed consent in the digital era: Is technology a silver bullet? Ethics and data protection considerations https://youtu.be/-_xHjkU107Y Session 1 - Perspectives on the future of consent in clinical research...

Developing easy-to-understand contents to better communicate with patients and citizens in general in the context of the COVID-19 emergency crisis When trying to explain something of our area of expertise to someone, we often get too technical. This is because we...

i-CONSENT Project brings science and health closer to society by improving the communication between citizens and professionals. Initially, the Project was designed to make informed consent in clinical research more comprehensible to the participant. However, COVID-19...

This virtual workshop organised by i-CONSENT partner AND-CG offered the opportunity to explore different dimensions of informed consent-related practices Around 15 experts gathered yesterday morning for the i-CONSENT webinar "Rethinking informed consent: Emerging...

The workshop will take place online on the 26th of March The main goal is stimulating dialogue around the challenges presented for consent-related practices in the context of clinical research. The workshop will explore these challenges under the lens of technological...

As every year, i-CONSENT joins the celebration of Women and Girls in Science International Day. Not only as a matter of solidarity but also as a way of defending social justice in the pursuit of gender equality. In 2020 the i-CONSENT project is reaching its final...

Professor Federico de Montalvo Jääskeläinen will review the project product from an ethical and legal point of view After the fruitful first Guidelines Review Meeting with Prof. Carlos M. Romeo Casabona, for i-CONSENT project it is time to take another step. On...

Presentation of BioLaw Journal - Special Issue on Informed Consent The past July 2019, the i-CONSENT team published a monograph on informed consent in the BioLaw Journal- Rivista di Biodiritto. Months later, on March 30th, 2020, project members will present the...

The event took place in Bonn, Germany, on January 20-21th, 2020 The i-CONSENT team participated last week in a workshop organised by the NewHorrizon project. The event was aimed at exploring strategies to encourage collaboration between investigators and society. The...

Which of our news articles have catch the eyes of physicians, industry, and medical students more this year 2019? Find a compilation of our most popular posts! 1. i-CONSENT celebrates Women and Girl in Science Internacional Day The winner is this post celebrating the...

The first meeting will be with Prof. Carlos Maria Romeo Casabona, expert in law and bioethics With the product nearly ready, it is time to give the guidelines a final revision. Experts from different fields such as law, bioethics, TIC, gender will be invited to...

New Design Thinking session with pregnant women to incorporate their input to the project's perspective Following our sessions with kids, i-CONSENT met a group of volunteer pregnant women the past November 12th. The idea was to capture their views on informed consent...

The i-CONSENT Consortium met in Rome to give the final touches to the project's guidelines Consortium representatives sat the past November 4-6 around the table to give the final push the project's product. The i-CONSENT guidelines, with an innovative format, are...

i-CONSENT participated the past October 25-26th in the 25th National Congress of the Spanish Association of Bioethics and Medical Ethics (AEBI ) held in Valencia. Topics such as human dignity, the ethics of the end of life, the ethics in assisted reproduction were...

6 reasons to participate in clinical trials October is #HealthLiteracyMonth and #iCONSENT is joining the celebration! For this purpose we explored 6 reasons why someone should participate in a #clinicaltrial. Before a treatment is commercialized it must undergo a...

Our technical coordinator explained the i-CONSENT project and its applications to biobanks More than 200 representatives from Spanish biobanks met the past october 17 and 18, 2019 in valencia. The experts discussed the challenges and the future of biobanks. In this...

After the first meeting with our youngest experts, i-CONSENT took a step forward and helped children design an informed consent “prototype” by themselves. Last week a total of 6 children aged 12 and 13 participated in the second edition of the i-CONSENT Design...

Engaging students through roll plays on the topic of informed consent The i-CONSENT team held interactive sessions for 16-18 years old students about informed consent at LUMSA University for the European Researchers’ Night 2019. More than 70 students had the...

Design Thinking Methodology will be used again to connect with a group of children and learn their opinion October the 3rd has been the chosen date to perform another Design Thinking session with children. The same group that was gathered in June will now take a step...

Interview with Laura Palazzani, i-CONSENT Coordinator for Lumsa University Laura Palazzani is Full Professor of Philosophy of Law, Biolaw and Bioethics at LUMSA University of Roma. She is Vice-President of the Italian Committee for Bioethics (since 2007) at the...

i-CONSENT develops a route map for professionals involved in the design of informed consent process After three days of intense work, i-CONSENT can finally say that the process of elaboration of the guidelines is coming to an end. The project team flipped around the...

From today until Friday, Consortium members coming from UK, Italy and Spain will meet up again to discuss the draft version of the project's guidelines to improve informed consent. The meeting will take place in Valencia, at Fisabio's headquarters, and will focus on...

Interview with GSK representatives about the importance of the project's research https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i03rvV12vrs

He explains the current project developments and the methodology used to meet its objectives Jaime holds a Degree in Sociology and Business Management and Administration, Master’s Degree in Sociology and Anthropology. Moreover, He has been working as sociologist...

i-CONSENT will participate in this year's edition to introduce the subject of informed consent in clinical studies The LUMSA University participates for the fourth consecutive year in the European Researchers' Night to bring researchers and their work close to...

Minor’s Assent in Medical Research: Differences between the Scientific Literature and the Legal Requirements Informed consent in medical studies with minors is a subject of great importance. There is still a debate about the requirements to consider this assent valid...

The event will take place in Valencia on October 17-18th i-CONSENT will be present at the X Spanish Congress of Biobanks on October 17-18th (2019) in Valencia. Jaime Fons (Fisabio) will represent the project and will intervene regarding the project's developements,...

eConsent is consolidating itself as benchmark in the development of health-related studies Although there has been a change since those everlasting 15-20 page long Informed Consent (IC) documents, when participating in clinical studies potential participants still...

Many doubts arise when taking part on a clinical study. More than a mere disclaimer, informed consent processes exist to tackle them. Based on frequent Google searches, i-CONSENT has selected 5 frequently asked questions on Informed Consent that you might have come...

i-CONSENT team organised last week a workshop with children to assess their knowledge on clinical studies and develop strategies to better communicate with them Participation of children in clinical studies is essential but still minoritary. How to communicate with...

It is generally agreed that informed consent is a process whose effectiveness is a factor of a few core criteria. These criteria are typically held to include concepts such as disclosure, understanding, capacity, and voluntariness. Though guidelines differ somewhat in...

The VI ANCEI Congress was celebrated on May 30 and 31 in Tarragona For second year in a row, the i-CONSENT project participated in the ANCEI Congress in its VI edition, taking the first project results before the Spanish Research Ethic Committees. i-CONSENT...

Fake news have currently become one of society's major concerns, the harm they produce in several fields as politics or health, or their impact in individual and collective memories, has placed them on the spotlight. Society’s perception of their influence and...

Development of new strategies through “Design Thinking Exercise” methodology What are the most frequent doubts and concerns of research participants when they are offered the opportunity to enrol in a clinical study? How can we facilitate communication between...

Science and gender equality are both vital for development, yet today full and equal access to research is a privilege of the few. This problem affects women and girls to a greater extent who have been traditionally pushed away from certain fields.  Women and...

i-CONSENT Consortium will gather at Università LUMSA to discuss main findings of the project and comments elaborated by International Bioethics Committee members. The Consortium will also identify any gap in i-CONSENT work and suggest actions to improve strategies...

  LUMSA University meets with cultural mediators in Rome to test Design Thinking LUMSA University has organizanised in conjunction with OPBG a series of encounters with cultural mediators to test a new design methodology: Design Thinking. Last Wednesday was the...

A Workshop with several group of students (age 16-18) reveals that adolescents would rather receive informed consent through social media and audiovisual material than in a traditional way. Social media appears to be the most popular solution to improve informed...

Clinical trials are key to ensuring scientific progress in the medical field and gaining breakthrough knowledge on safety and effectiveness of drugs and therapies, but they entail risks for enrolled participants, as one deals with non-validated interventions....

Health literacy should be more than just understanding health care terminology, but it is a good starting point. i-CONSENT has developed a Clinical Research A to Z on the occasion of the #HealthLiteracyMonth celebrated in October. Accompany us through some of the...

The European Researchers' Night, is around the corner (28th September 2018) and i-CONSENT research project doesn’t want to miss the date. Our consortium member LUMSA University, participating for third consecutive year, will open its offices in Rome and Palermo to...