Vioxx informed consent document warns of minor problems, but no heart or GI risks

This material is from a 2005 investigation by Brian Deer for The Sunday Times of London into the painkiller Vioxx | Go to Vioxx index

At the heart of Brian Deer's investigation were inquiries into research led by David Kerr and Michael Langman, carried out at 168 UK hospitals and more in Australasia. This project, financed by Merck, was called "Victor", and aimed to test Vioxx against placebo in 7,000 patients for the prevention of colon cancer. But were the volunteers provided with fair informed consent? Here's the papers supplied to Kenneth Wood of Shropshire in May 2002, who died of a heart attack reported as "probably" related to his use of Vioxx