| Titre : | Clinical trials as treatment option : Bioethics and health care disparities in substance dependency. (2009) |
| Auteurs : | Stefan TIMMERMANS ; Tara MCKAY ; Ucla. Department of Sociology. Los Angeles. CA. USA |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Social science and medicine (vol. 69, n° 12, 2009) |
| Pagination : | 1784-1790 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Mots-clés : | Essai thérapeutique ; Thérapeutique ; Ethique ; Soins ; Dépendance toxique ; Industrie pharmaceutique ; Homme ; Amérique ; Bioéthique ; Inégalité sociale ; Amérique du Nord |
| Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS R0xoBsrq. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Bioethicists have warned against the dangers of mixing research with treatment. They are concerned that research priorities may take precedence over individual patient needs and that research subjects tend to misunderstand the purpose of research or overestimate the direct medical benefits of participating in studies. Yet, other work has questioned whether clinical research can always be separated from therapeutic benefit for participants. Using in-depth interviews with participants in two phase III randomized U.S. clinical trials for methamphetamine dependency, we examine the treatment options available to participants, their experiences with participating in the trials, and potential problems of trial participation. We find that while participants have experience with four alternative treatment modalities - quitting alone, support groups, in-patient treatment facilities, and consulting primary care physicians - the randomized clinical trials compare favorably to alternatives because they provide access to evidence-based behavioral treatments, specialized medical professionals, non-judgmental staff, and the possibility of receiving an experimental drug. We conclude that while randomized clinical trials are imperfect substitutes for clinical care, they constitute a fragile and sporadic therapeutic niche in a country with fundamental problems in access to health care, a mixed punitive-therapeutic drug addiction policy, and a profit-driven pharmaceutical development and approval process. |
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