Conducting non-pandemic research during the COVID-19 pandemic: A case study and documentary review.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic presented unprecedented challenges to the conduct of non-pandemic research. The pandemic disrupted regulatory processes, strained health systems, and necessitated ethical recalibrations. This paper is a case study retrospectively examining the experience of conducting one non-pandemic clinical study of infant nutritional supplements in western Kenya between October 2020 and January 2024. The original study documents were reviewed to identify lessons learned, particularly those relevant to ethical and regulatory aspects of conducting non-pandemic research during a pandemic. A retrospective documentary case analysis was conducted using the archived ethics and regulatory submissions, feedback received during those submissions, study progress reports, meeting minutes, and

SUBMITTER: June MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12742765 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature