Deferral of Consent: Recent Lessons From Canadian Acute Stroke Trials

Stroke. 2021 Jul;52(7):e326-e327. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.121.034655. Epub 2021 May 5.

Authors

Michel Shamy^{1

2}, Brian Dewar², Tess Fitzpatrick³, David J Gladstone³, Bijoy K Menon⁴, Richard Swartz³, Michael D Hill⁴, Dar Dowlatshahi¹

Affiliations

¹ Ottawa Hospital and Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa (M.S., D.D.), Ontario, Canada.
² Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (M.S., BD., D.D.), Ontario, Canada.
³ Sunnybrook Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada (T.F., D.J.G., R.S.).
⁴ Foothills Medical Centre, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada (M.D.H., B.K.M.).

PMID: 33947215
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.121.034655

Abstract

[Figure: see text].

Keywords: Canada; brain; informed consent; risk; selection bias.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Canada / epidemiology
Endovascular Procedures / ethics
Endovascular Procedures / standards
Humans
Informed Consent / ethics*
Informed Consent / standards
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / ethics*
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / standards
Stroke / epidemiology*
Stroke / therapy*