[Biobanks and the return of results to donors]

Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2014;158(5):A6653.
[Article in Dutch]

Abstract

Biobanks should return clinically significant and actionable research findings to donors who have given physical material to the biobank. Because the clinical significance of a research finding is hard to determine for the individual donor, a procedure to decide on clinical significance should be incorporated into a structure for the actual feedback of research results. Most published studies show that donors expect return of individual research results, but there is almost no experience with it. Explorative questionnaire-based research among Dutch biobanks from the BioBanking Medical Research Infrastructure (BBMRI.NL) shows that a substantial group of biobanks can return individual research findings from data analysis. On the basis of these experiences a return of results policy may be drafted that answers to the interests of donors and the possibilities of biobanks.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Biological Specimen Banks*
  • Biomedical Research / ethics
  • Biomedical Research / statistics & numerical data
  • Humans
  • Research Subjects / psychology*
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Tissue Donors / psychology*