Protection of human subject in regenerative medical research with focus on therapeutic misconception

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23790565
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Medical sociology
• Research Institution: Kyoto University (2013-2014); 独立行政法人医薬基盤研究所 (2011-2012)
• Principal Investigator: IWAE Sosuke 京都大学, 医学(系)研究科(研究院), 講師 (80569228)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 再生医療 / 被験者保護 / 研究倫理審査 / 治療とする誤解

Outline of Final Research Achievements

“Therapeutic misconception” is one of major ethical problems in clinical trial, particularly using a cutting edge medical technology such as regenerative medicine. The main point of this research is to consider the background which might cause therapeutic misconception and suggest measures to avoid or restrain it. In this four years, I have explored the appropriate procedure of informed-consent or ethical review in terms of protection of human subject and therapeutic misconception in the clinical application of regenerative medical research. Eventually, I found that there was the gap between institutional or procedural ethics and contextual or practical ethics which had influence on behavior of a researcher as well as the communication within a research subject and a researcher.

Free Research Field

生命倫理学