The Ethics of Continuing Placebo in SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Trials

被引:32
作者
Rid, Annette [1 ]
Lipsitch, Marc [2 ]
Miller, Franklin G. [3 ]
机构
[1] NIH, Ctr Clin, Dept Bioeth, 10 Ctr Dr,Bldg 10,Room 1C118, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
[2] Harvard TH Chan Sch Publ Hlth, Ctr Communicable Dis Dynam, Dept Immunol & Infect Dis, Dept Epidemiol, Boston, MA USA
[3] Weill Cornell Med Coll, New York, NY USA
来源
JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION | 2021年 / 325卷 / 03期
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10.1001/jama.2020.25053
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
This Viewpoint proposes that prioritizing all placebo-group participants in coronavirus vaccine trials as vaccine first receivers could perpetuate health inequities and compromise the chance to learn from their participation, proposing instead to limit prioritization to placebo participants who would be prioritized for vaccination anyway under NASEM or ACIP frameworks.
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