Workshop on Release of Research Results to Participants in Biospecimen Studies

On July 8-9, 2010 the NCI BBRB held a workshop to provide recommendations concerning the conditions and processes for releasing research results to human research participants who contribute biospecimens. Following state-of-the-science presentations, the workshop engaged participants with general and breakout discussions and generated recommendations in three key areas: (1) the appropriate handling of diagnostic discrepancies or incidental findings that are discovered during the pathology review of biospecimens; (2) the mechanisms by which individual or aggregate research results might be provided to participants in clinical studies; and (3) the conditions that warrant disclosure of aggregate research findings. The goal was to generate guiding principles for the development of NCI Best Practices on the release of research results and policies for the cancer Human Biobank (caHUB), a national biospecimen resource in development by the NCI.

• NCI Return Research Results Summary (PDF Documnet: 846 KB)