{"id":5022,"date":"2025-09-19T13:29:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T11:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/irccs.com\/ethics-committee\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T11:28:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T10:28:45","slug":"ethics-committee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/irccs.com\/en\/ethics-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethics Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span  id=\"ensuring-the-safety-and-well-being-of-patients\" class=\"h2_anchor\"><\/span>Ensuring the safety and well-being of patients<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>IRCCS Istituto di Candiolo ensures that each clinical trial proposed by the Institute&#8217;s physicians and researchers is evaluated by a competent <strong>Ethics Committee<\/strong> <strong>(TEC) <\/strong>, chosen according to the type of study and national and European standards.<br \/>Before a clinical trial can begin it must pass rigorous evaluation by independent bodies. The goal is to <strong>protect the safety, rights and welfare of the people involved<\/strong>.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span  id=\"identification-of-the-relevant-ethics-committee\" class=\"h2_anchor\"><\/span>Identification of the relevant ethics committee<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Depending on the nature of the study, the relevant Ethics Committee is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>For <strong>clinical trials with drugs:<\/strong> CET identified by the sponsor as the &#8220;Single Ethics Committee&#8221; at the national level (Decree 30.01.2023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For <strong>studies with medical devices and prospective pharmacological observational studies:<\/strong> reference CET for the Study Coordinating Center<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For <strong>other types of studies<\/strong> (nonpharmacological, observational nonpharmacological, cell\/tissue studies, nutritional studies, requests for therapeutic or compassionate use): <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cittadellasalute.to.it\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=22309&amp;Itemid=715\">AOU City of Health and Science of Turin Territorial Interagency Ethics Committee<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For <strong>interventional drug studies<\/strong>: drug trials follow the European Regulation 536\/2014, which ensures high standards of safety and transparency. The process is managed through the Clinical Trials Information System (CTIS), the European portal that enables the submission and evaluation of clinical trials.<br \/>The evaluation takes place in two stages:<br>&#8211; AIFA &#8211; Italian Drug Agency verifies the scientific quality of the study and the drug involved;<br>&#8211; Territorial Ethics Committee (TEC) evaluates ethical aspects, participant protection and safety.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span  id=\"the-role-of-the-ethics-committee\" class=\"h2_anchor\"><\/span>The Role of the Ethics Committee<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>TEC<\/strong> is an <strong>independent body<\/strong> that allows only studies that respect the people involved to be initiated.<br>Before the start of each study the TEC verifies that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The study is <strong>ethical and scientifically sound<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The information provided to patients is <strong>clear and complete<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The procedures provided are <strong>safe<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The rights and dignity of participants are always <strong>protected<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Without the approval of the Ethics Committee, no study can begin<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ensuring the safety and well-being of patients<\/p>\n<p>IRCCS Istituto di Candiolo ensures that each clinical trial proposed by the Institute&#8217;s physicians &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5022","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ethics Committee - Istituto di Candiolo<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ensuring the safety and well-being of patients IRCCS Istituto di Candiolo ensures that each clinical trial proposed by the Institute&#039;s physicians and\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/irccs.com\/en\/ethics-committee\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ethics Committee - Istituto di Candiolo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ensuring the safety and well-being of patients IRCCS Istituto di Candiolo ensures that each clinical trial proposed by the Institute&#039;s physicians and\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/irccs.com\/en\/ethics-committee\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Istituto di Candiolo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/istitutodicandiolo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-26T10:28:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@fpoirccs\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/irccs.com\/en\/ethics-committee\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/irccs.com\/en\/ethics-committee\/\",\"name\":\"Ethics Committee - Istituto di Candiolo\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/irccs.com\/en\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-19T11:29:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-26T10:28:45+00:00\",\"description\":\"Ensuring the safety and well-being of patients IRCCS Istituto di Candiolo ensures that each clinical trial proposed by the Institute's physicians and\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/irccs.com\/en\/ethics-committee\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/irccs.com\/en\/ethics-committee\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/irccs.com\/en\/ethics-committee\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/irccs.com\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ethics Committee\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/irccs.com\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/irccs.com\/en\/\",\"name\":\"INOC\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/irccs.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ethics Committee - Istituto di Candiolo","description":"Ensuring the safety and well-being of patients IRCCS Istituto di Candiolo ensures that each clinical trial proposed by the Institute's physicians and","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/irccs.com\/en\/ethics-committee\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ethics Committee - Istituto di Candiolo","og_description":"Ensuring the safety and well-being of patients IRCCS Istituto di Candiolo ensures that each clinical trial proposed by the Institute's physicians and","og_url":"https:\/\/irccs.com\/en\/ethics-committee\/","og_site_name":"Istituto di Candiolo","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/istitutodicandiolo\/","article_modified_time":"2026-03-26T10:28:45+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@fpoirccs","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/irccs.com\/en\/ethics-committee\/","url":"https:\/\/irccs.com\/en\/ethics-committee\/","name":"Ethics Committee - Istituto di Candiolo","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/irccs.com\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-09-19T11:29:09+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-26T10:28:45+00:00","description":"Ensuring the safety and well-being of patients IRCCS Istituto di Candiolo ensures that each clinical trial proposed by the Institute's physicians and","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/irccs.com\/en\/ethics-committee\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/irccs.com\/en\/ethics-committee\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/irccs.com\/en\/ethics-committee\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/irccs.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ethics Committee"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/irccs.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/irccs.com\/en\/","name":"INOC","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/irccs.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/irccs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/irccs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/irccs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irccs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irccs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5022"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/irccs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6669,"href":"https:\/\/irccs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5022\/revisions\/6669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/irccs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}