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Use of a Single, Independent IRB: Case Study of an NIH Funded Consortium
Brandy Stoffel1, Christine Sorkness2, Carol Pech3
1IRB Facilitator, Inner-City Asthma Consortium, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 800 University Bay Dr., Suite 105, Madison, WI 53705, , fax: 608-265-5811, bstoffel@medicine.wisc.edu.
Abstract:
In 2014, the Request for Applications from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for continued funding of a multi-site clinical and mechanistic research network, Inner City Asthma Consortium (ICAC), called for "efficient IRB review and approval for multi-center studies" and "IRB approval within 30 days from submission". These requirements were precursors to the NIH policy of single IRB review for multi-site studies. Here we share our challenges, implementation processes, results, and recommendations, using a single, independent IRB.
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