Credit hours for the Certified Research Specialist program will be available for several upcoming classes: Advanced Research Ethics, Tuesday, April 14th, from 8 am to 12 noon; IDW 114A/B Essentials of Quality Human Research, Wednesday, April 29th, from 9 am to 3:15pm; IDW 114A/B Genetic and Genomic Research, Wednesday, May 13th, from 11:30am to 12:30 […]
Research News
Investigators, study staff, research administrators — keep up with research happenings in our Research News and Tips blog. Reminders for working with the Institutional Review Board, Clinical Research Administration (CLARA) tips, educational opportunities — we’ll post all that, and more, on this blog.
A thought about gift card reimbursements
Using gift cards to compensate study subjects for their participation is fairly common among studies that offer reimbursements for time and inconvenience. The IRB does not require too many specifics about what kind of gift card will be offered in submissions. The IRB will typically accept language along the lines of “a $25 gift card” as […]
Recruitment, expanded access, and education credits — upcoming educational offerings have it all
Mark your calendar to attend one (or both) of these upcoming classes. You’ll get information that may help your research, and earn education credit too. A webinar titled “Cracking the Code for Clinical Trial Recruitment: A Sponsor’s Perspective” is scheduled for Wednesday, March 18, 2015 from 11:00 am – 12:30 pm in COPH/G230. The webinar will be […]
March is a 5th Tuesday month
March has five Tuesdays, but the IRB, per its standard practice, will not meet on the 5th Tuesday, March 31st. Please keep this gap in meetings in mind when planning for the review of anything that is facing a review deadline. And for those planning ahead, June, September, and December will also have 5th Tuesdays […]
Track changes — use’em, and please make sure the clean and tracked-changes versions match!
When submitting protocol and consent form revisions, the IRB asks that you submit clean and tracked-changes versions of revised documents. Microsoft Word makes it easy to create clean and tracked-changes versions of items created in Word. Please note that your clean and tracked changes versions should exactly match each other, except for the tracking. All […]
There’s usually still a consent process if you are waiving documentation of consent
When completing new submission forms, you’ll encounter a question that asks you to check the type of consent process(es) to be used in the research. The four response options are Assent; Parental Permission (Pediatric Consent); Informed Consent; and Requesting Waiver of Consent Process. We’ve seen some creative answers given to this question when PIs are […]
Hints for numbering study documents
All protocols, consent forms, HIPAA authorization forms, and other study documents subject to revision should include a version number and date on each page. Whenever you update a document, please remember to update the version number and date on each page to reflect the changes. Also, when submitting tracked changes versions of documents, please make […]
Earn CRS credit for an upcoming data security webinar
An upcoming webinar on data security will offer CRS elective credit. The UAMS Office of Research Compliance is to host the PRIM&R webinar “Data Security Incidents – the Role of IRBs and Information Security” on Thursday, February 26, from 12:00-1:30 p.m. in the Walton Auditorium on the 10th floor of the Cancer Institute. An overview of […]
TRI services available for the research community
The TRI Translational Research Services Center offers the following free protocol development services: Reviewing and editing protocols and supporting documents prior to submission to Institutional Review Board (IRB) and other regulatory oversight bodies Provision of custom templates for research protocols, informed consent forms and other study documents Coordinating efforts of multi-disciplinary project teams during protocol […]
Study closure form options explained
The CLARA closure form has three options for the status of a study that you’re trying to close. The study must fit into one of these three categories to qualify for closure. “Study never initiated (sponsored studies only)” is appropriate for industry-sponsored trials that, for whatever reason, never got off the ground at this site. […]