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Editorial
. 2025 Apr 3;65(4):2401832.
doi: 10.1183/13993003.01832-2024. Print 2025 Apr.

Viewpoint: a white paper for a greener design, conduct and reporting of clinical trials in respiratory medicine

Simon Couillard  1 , Dominic L Sykes  2 , Mustafa Abdo  3   4 , Freda Yang  5 , Sanjay Ramakrishnan  6 , James D Chalmers  7 , Christina S Thornton  8
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Editorial

Viewpoint: a white paper for a greener design, conduct and reporting of clinical trials in respiratory medicine

Simon Couillard et al. Eur Respir J. .

Abstract

Researchers and the ERJ editor-in-chief advocate for more sustainable clinical trials. Environmental considerations should be integrated from trial funding to dissemination. Stakeholders, including researchers, are urged to take action on 14 items. https://bit.ly/3CAJgeX

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: S. Couillard declares a principal investigator research salary from Fonds de Recherche du Québec, and an unrestricted research grant and endowed research chair from Association Pulmonaire du Québec; in addition, S. Couillard reports unrestricted research grants from Sanofi Regeneron, Quebec Respiratory Health Research Network, bioMérieux, Association Pulmonaire du Québec, AstraZeneca and Niox, a networking grant from the Academy of Medical Sciences, consulting fees from FirstThought, AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline, Sanofi Regeneron, AccessBiotechnology and Access Industries, speaker honoraria from AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline, Sanofi Regeneron and ValeoPharma, support to travel to the American Thoracic Society annual conference from AstraZeneca, a role as a medical advisor for and stock options in myBiometry, a role as advisor for a general practice information booklet on asthma for the Institut National d'Excellence en Santé et Services Sociaux, and membership of the Canadian Thoracic Society asthma committee. D.L Sykes declares payments or honoraria from AstraZeneca and Chiesi. M. Abdo declares no competing interests. F. Yang declares payments or honoraria from AstraZeneca and GlaxoSmithKline, and support for attending meetings and/or travel from AstraZeneca. S. Ramakrishnan declares grants to their institution from Charlies Research Foundation and the National Health and Medical Research Council, speaker honoraria paid to their institution by AstraZeneca and GlaxoSmithKline, and conference travel support from AstraZeneca. J.D. Chalmers is Chief Editor of the European Respiratory Journal, and declares grants or contracts from AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Insmed, GlaxoSmithKline, Grifols, Gilead Sciences, Trudell and Genentech, and consulting fees from AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Insmed, Genentech, Antabio, GlaxoSmithKline, Grifols, Trudell, Pfizer and Zambon. C.S. Thornton declares grants or contracts from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Cystic Fibrosis Canada, the Canadian Institutes for Health Research and CHEST Foundation, and investigator-initiated grants from Insmed Medical, Trudell Healthcare Solutions and Baxter.

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Opportunities for decarbonising clinical trials.
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