Declaration of Helsinki (DOH)
The World Medical Association (WMA) has developed the Declaration of Helsinki as a statement of ethical principles for medical research involving human subjects, including research on identifiable human material and data.
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International Ethical Guidelines for Health-Related Research Involving Humans/ CIOMS Guidelines
The aim of the guidelines is to provide internationally vetted ethical principles and detailed commentary on how universal ethical principles should be applied, with particular attention to conducting research in low-resource settings.
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PRISMA Guidelines
PRISMA is an evidence-based minimum set of items for reporting in systematic reviews and meta-analyses. PRISMA focuses on the reporting of reviews evaluating randomized trials, but can also be used as a basis for reporting systematic reviews of other types of research, particularly evaluations of interventions.
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Revised Common Rule Guidelines
On January 19, 2017, the US Department of Health and Human Services and fifteen other federal agencies issued revisions to the regulations governing human subjects research (called the Common Rule)… The Revised Common Rule broadens the types of research that qualify for exemption. Several exempt categories have been revised, and there are new categories of exemptions. These changes to exemption will apply to research that is federally funded or supported.
Initial citation from Informed Consent Monthly Review
Center for Informed Consent Integrity 