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Research with Humans and Animals

Research involving humans or animals must be approved by relevant Research Ethics Committees (CEP) and must comply with international ethical and legal standards for research. Authors must respect the human participants' right to privacy and obtain the necessary consent to publish before submission. Research projects in human beings must comply with the Declaration of Helsinki (https://www.wma.net/what-we-do/medical-ethics/declaration-of-helsinki/) and studies carried out in Brazil must follow Resolutions 466/2012 (http://conselho.saude.gov.br/resolucoes/2012/Reso466.pdf) and Resolution 510/2016 (http://conselho.saude.gov.br/resolucoes/2016/Reso510.pdf), in addition to Circular Letter No. 166/2018 (http://conselho.saude.gov.br/images/comissoes/conep/documentos/CARTAS/CartaCircular166.pdf) by the National Health Council. It is linked to the approval of the study by the Research Ethics Committee. Investigations on animal models must comply with the rules applicable to these procedures, as specified in the Basel Declaration (www.basel-declaration.org) and the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, USA). The Editorial Board of the Journal may refuse articles that do not strictly comply with the ethical precepts of the research, whether in humans or animals. Authors must identify precisely all drugs and chemicals used, including the names of the active ingredient, dosages and forms of administration. They should also avoid commercial or company names.

 

Clinical trial registration

The RBCP supports the World Health Organization (WHO) and International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) clinical trial registration policies and recognizes the importance of these initiatives for the international registration and dissemination of information on open access clinical trials. Therefore, to qualify for publication, clinical trials should be registered at www.clinicaltrials.gov or an equivalent international repository before the beginning of data collection, and the identification number should be added to the end of the Abstract.

Within this context, the RBCP adopts the definition of clinical trial recommended by the WHO, which can be summarized as follows: "any research that prospectively designates humans for one or more interventions to assess their effects on health-related outcomes. Interventions include drugs, cells and other biological products, surgical, radiological procedures, devices, behavioral therapies, changes in care processes, preventive care, etc.“

Indexers

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