Informed consent template for patient participation in rare disease registries linked to biorepositories
Abstract
One of the major challenges in obtaining consent from patients participating in patient registries is ensuring that participants receive all the information and background material necessary to make a fully informed decision and understand what his/her participation and signature mean. One challenge is how to include all of the regulatory elements in a short consent document that is easily understood. In addition to a well-written consent form, much thought and attention need to be given to the consent process itself. The patient registry process will be helped by having a common template for an informed consent document and common consent processes adopted by the rare disease registries will be part of the GRDR.
Based recommendation from the subject matter experts that participated in a workshop organized by the Office of Rare Disease Research at the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, NIH, a template for informed consent for patient participation in patient registries was developed. This template addresses key aspects and regulatory issues related to participating in a patient registry and can be used for any registry and modified according to the specific needs of the individual registry.
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