Guidebook for Investigators

 

UAB Institutional Review Board

For Human Use

 

Prepared by

The Office of the IRB

 

February 2008

Updated November 11, 2008

 


1. INTRODUCTION.. 5

What Are the IRB and OIRB?. 5

What Does the IRB Review?. 6

What Is The Application Process?. 7

How Can I Contact the IRB?. 8

 

2. Training.. 9

Initial IRB Training.. 9

Continuing IRB Training.. 10

Certification and Record-Keeping.. 10

Forms: IRB Training.. 10

 

3. Compliance & Monitoring.. 11

Monitoring IRB Protocols. 11

Classifying, Correcting, and  Reporting Non-compliance.. 12

Definitions Related to Non-compliance.. 12

 

4. Definitions.. 14

 

5. Special approvals.. 16

Radiation Safety.. 16

Ionizing Electromagnetic Radiation.. 17

Recombinant DNA Molecules. 17

Exemption from  the NIH Guidelines. 18

Institutional Biosafety Committee Approval. 18

Gene Therapy Project Review Panel. 19

Members of the UAB  Gene Therapy Project Panel. 19

Initial Review of  Gene Therapy Protocols. 19

Continuing Review of  Gene Therapy Protocols. 20

Vaccine Trials Project Review Panel. 20

Members of the UAB  Vaccine Trials Project Review Panel. 20

The Comprehensive Cancer Center  Clinical Trials Review Committee (CTRC). 20

The Pittman General Clinical Research Center (GCRC). 21

Jefferson County Department of Health (JCDH). 21

Release of Pathologic Materials. 21

Research Involving Participants  with Contagious Infections. 21

Policies Concerning Drugs  for Research Use.. 21

The Children's Hospital of Alabama  and Use of Drugs for Research.. 21

UAB, University of Alabama Hospital, and Use of Drugs for Research.. 22

Participants and Resources from  Other Institutions. 22

University of Alabama Hospital (UAHosp). 23

The Kirklin Clinic (TKC). 23

Callahan Eye Foundation Hospital (CEFH). 23

The Children’s Hospital of Alabama (TCHA). 23

Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center (BVAMC). 23

UAB Highlands [UPDATED]. 23

Health Information Management  Research Guidelines. 23

 

6. general INFORMATION.. 25

Before Applying  for IRB Review... 25

Scientific, Scholarly Integrity.. 25

Conflict of Interest. 25

Subcontracts. 26

Devices, Inventions and Patent Policy.. 26

Protocol-Specific Approvals. 26

Advertisements. 26

Participant Populations. 27

Women and Minorities. 27

Pregnant Women, Fetuses,  Neonates/Nonviable Neonates. 27

Children, Minors. 28

Prisoners. 30

Outcomes of IRB Review... 31

Approval Period.. 32

Approval of  Informed Consent Documents. 32

Conducting the Protocol. 32

No Modifications  Without Prior IRB Approval. 32

Notify OIRB  of all Reportable Problems. 33

Provide OIRB with Copies  of All Monitoring Reports. 33

Fines and Fees  for Regulatory Documents. 33

 

7. informed consent.. 34

Requirement to Obtain Signature.. 34

Requirement to Use  Understandable Language.. 34

Requirements for  Cooperative Group Studies. 35

Elements and Disclosures  of the Informed Consent Process. 36