The Real-Time IRB: A Collaborative Innovation to Decrease IRB Review Time. J Empir Res Hum Res Ethics 2018 Oct;13(4):432-437
Date
06/16/2018Pubmed ID
29902956Pubmed Central ID
PMC6146014DOI
10.1177/1556264618780803Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85048789156 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 8 CitationsAbstract
Lengthy review times for institutional review boards (IRBs) are a well-known barrier to research. In response to numerous calls to reduce review times, we devised "Real-Time IRB," a process that drastically reduces IRB review time. In this, investigators and study staff attend the IRB meeting and make changes to the protocol while the IRB continues its meeting, so that final approval can be issued at the meeting. This achieved an overall reduction in time from submission to the IRB to final approval of 40%. While this process is time and resource intensive, and cannot address all delays in research, it shows great promise for increasing the pace by which research is translated to patient care.
Author List
Spellecy R, Eve AM, Connors ER, Shaker R, Clark DCAuthors
Reza Shaker MD Assoc Provost, Sr Assoc Dean, Ctr Dir, Chief, Prof in the Medicine department at Medical College of WisconsinRyan Spellecy PhD Assistant Provost, Director, Professor in the Institute for Health and Equity department at Medical College of Wisconsin
MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
Biomedical ResearchCooperative Behavior
Efficiency
Ethical Review
Ethics Committees, Research
Ethics, Research
Humans
Research Personnel
