[visionlist] WE NEED HELP: A Petition Opposing the New NIH Clinical Trials Regulations

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> From: Jeremy Wolfe <jeremywolfe0131 at gmail.com>
> Subject: WE NEED HELP: A Petition Opposing the New NIH Clinical	Trials Regulations
> Date: August 31, 2017 at 11:54:50 AM PDT
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> As many of you will have heard by now, NIH has adopted a new policy that denies the distinction between basic research and clinical trials, and, starting in January 2018 requires virtually all basic research studies to be registered as a clinical trial. This policy is outlined here:
> https://nexus.od.nih.gov/all/2017/08/11/4-questions-for-researchers-and-institutions-involved-in-human-subjects-research/?utm_source=nexus&utm_medium=email&utm_content=nihupdate&utm_campaign=jul17 <https://nexus.od.nih.gov/all/2017/08/11/4-questions-for-researchers-and-institutions-involved-in-human-subjects-research/?utm_source=nexus&utm_medium=email&utm_content=nihupdate&utm_campaign=jul17>
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> The goal of fostering openness, transparency, & replicability is a good one that we endorse but this is not the way to get there.
> It will make exploratory research more difficult, mislead the public, and burden researchers and their institutions with new bureaucratic requirements that will accomplish nothing. 
> NIH officials have already heard objections from many directions, but so far they seem to be considering at most small tweaks to their policy. 
> Therefore several of us have drafted an Open Letter to Francis Collins outlining the reasons for our objection to the new policy.
> 
> Please consider signing the Open Letter, which you can find here: https://ipetitions.com/petition/open-letter-nih-collins <https://ipetitions.com/petition/open-letter-nih-collins>
> 
> You can also write a comment on the policy here:
> https://nexus.od.nih.gov/all/2017/08/11/4-questions-for-researchers-and-institutions-involved-in-human-subjects-research/?utm_source=nexus&utm_medium=email&utm_content=nihupdate&utm_campaign=jul17 <https://nexus.od.nih.gov/all/2017/08/11/4-questions-for-researchers-and-institutions-involved-in-human-subjects-research/?utm_source=nexus&utm_medium=email&utm_content=nihupdate&utm_campaign=jul17>
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> Please forward this email widely to other scientists who you think might be interested.
> 
> 
> Jeremy Wolfe
> jeremywolfe0131 at gmail.com <mailto:jeremywolfe0131 at gmail.com>
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