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While several studies have addressed the issue of governance of big data in clinical research from the legal or ethical perspectives, the viewpoint of local research ethics committee (REC) members is underrepresented in the current literature. The aim of this study is therefore to find which specific ethical challenges are raised by RECs in the context of a large European study on remote monitoring in all syndromic stages of Alzheimer\u2019s disease, and what gaps remain.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n\nMethods<\/jats:title>\nDocuments describing the REC review process at 10 sites in 9 European countries from the project Remote Assessment of Disease and Relapse\u2013Alzheimer\u2019s Disease (RADAR-AD) were collected and translated. Main themes emerging in the documents were identified using a qualitative analysis approach.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n\nResults<\/jats:title>\nFour main themes emerged after analysis: data management, participant\u2019s wellbeing, methodological issues, and the issue of defining the regulatory category of RMTs. Review processes differed across sites: process duration varied from 71 to 423 days, some RECs did not raise any issues, whereas others raised up to 35 concerns, and the approval of a data protection officer was needed in half of the sites.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n\nDiscussion<\/jats:title>\nThe differences in the ethics review process of the same study protocol across different local settings suggest that a multi-site study would benefit from a harmonization in research ethics governance processes. 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