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The Wiley Protocol: an analysis of ethical issues.

M Sara Rosenthal¹

¹Department of Behavioral Science, Program for Bioethics and Patients' Rights, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY 40536-0086, USA. msrose2@email.uky.edu

Menopause (New York, N.Y.)

|June 14, 2008

Summary

The Wiley Protocol, an unregulated bioidentical hormone regimen, poses significant ethical concerns due to unsafe practices and lack of oversight. This review highlights breaches in clinical and professional ethics, emphasizing the need for regulation.

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Area of Science:

Bioethics
Hormone Therapy Research
Integrative Medicine

Background:

The Wiley Protocol is an unregulated regimen advertised to women via popular media and the internet.
This protocol involves bioidentical hormones and is applied to an unselected population.
Concerns exist regarding the safety and ethical conduct of this protocol.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore the ethical issues surrounding the unregulated Wiley Protocol.
To analyze the breaches in clinical and professional ethics associated with this protocol.
To identify the role of regulatory failures in enabling these ethical violations.

Main Methods:

Content analysis of relevant documents.
Telephone interviews with investigators and former participants.
Fact verification of protocol claims and practices.

Main Results:

The Wiley Protocol utilizes potentially unsafe hormone doses in an unselected population.
It fails to adhere to essential research ethics guidelines, including informed consent, investigator expertise, sound methodology, and data safety monitoring.
Clinical ethics breaches include inadequate risk disclosure, coercion, and misinformation.
Professional ethics breaches involve financial conflicts of interest and inadequate investigator qualifications.

Conclusions:

The lack of regulation for products like nutriceuticals and compounded pharmacy items facilitates ethical violations.
The Wiley Protocol exemplifies significant ethical breaches in clinical research and practice.
There is a critical need for improved regulatory oversight in the field of hormone therapy and related products.