Executive summary
■ Fair inclusion/exclusion criteria are a sine qua non of ethical research involving humans.
- Until recently, children and women were routinely excluded from clinical trials and, as a result, they were deprived of the
benefits of research, as well as the benefits of research participation.
- Now it is widely accepted that research involving children and research involving women benefits children and women,
respectively.
- A patient population that is still unfairly excluded from research of potential health benefit is pregnant women.