IRB Advisor articles from April 2009

IRB Advisor archives from April 2009

With state university budget cuts it might be time to cut IRB costs.
April 1, 2009... With state university budget cuts it might be time to cut IRB costs Experts discuss future of IRB in troubling times IRBs across the nation are bracing for budget cuts as states slice funding to higher education and the recession's...

Some suggestions to make your IRB fiscally fit.
April 1, 2009... Some suggestions to make your IRB fiscally fit Require departmental pre-reviews As IRBs face budget cuts, they can make some improvements in their processes that will make them more cost efficient. Some of these changes might...

Special Report: IRBs need to become better at collecting outcomes, costs data.
April 1, 2009... IRBs need to become better at collecting outcomes, costs data Objective outcomes data would be useful In lean times, IRBs will have to become more disciplined. And part of their discipline will need to include collecting data about...

Ask2-4U: Informed consent is an ongoing job.
April 1, 2009... Informed consent is an ongoing job Don't completely rely on a template form Tracy Arwood, MS, director of research compliance at Clemson University's office of research compliance in Clemson, SC, has dealt with a variety of consent...

IND monitoring program wins protection award.
April 1, 2009... IND monitoring program wins protection award IND trials tracked carefully through life of trial An innovative program at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX, provides continuous oversight of investigational new drug (IND) trials...

Views differ on HIV research in the developing world.
April 1, 2009... Views differ on HIV research in the developing world Americans ask for fewer changes to protocols IRBs in the United States and research ethics committees (RECs) in the developing world who review HIV vaccine trials must struggle with a...

Giving informed consent to biobank participants.
April 1, 2009... Giving informed consent to biobank participants As genetic research changes, IRBs must keep up As IRBs review the rollout of new biobanks, they need to ensure that people who agree to participate in them truly understand what that...

Cancer: It takes a community.
April 1, 2009... Cancer: It takes a community Ideas include town meetings to recruit for IRBs Several institutions have received grants to implement their ideas for engaging the community in cancer clinical trials. The grants were awarded earlier...