Ethical considerations on placebo-controlled vaccine trials in pregnant women

Abstract Placebo use in clinical trials, whenever a proven effective treatment exists, is one of the most debated topics in contemporary research ethics. This article addresses the ethical framework for placebo use in clinical trials assessing vaccine efficacy in pregnant women. Vaccine trial partic...

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Main Authors: Ana Cecilia Amado Xavier de Oliveira, Francisco José Roma Paumgartten
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Conselho Federal de Medicina 2023-05-01
Series:Revista Bioética
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1983-80422023000100200&lng=en&tlng=en