A revised human subject research determination form is slated to go live in CLARA beginning Monday, October 21. The form’s questions have been rewritten to use simpler language, and the CLARA pages have been redesigned slightly to make help text easier to find and read. We’ve also tried to word the questions to make them more likely to capture the information the IRB office needs to decide whether a project meets the definition of human subject research. (We based those changes on the years of experience we’ve had sending back contingencies asking for certain information.)
So don’t think something’s gone terribly wrong if you try to start a human subject research determination form and it looks different. Please contact the IRB office if you have any trouble with the new form.