(IRB) The US equivalent of an institutional ethics committee, set up to govern the ethical conduct of medical research. See also: ethics committee
A local board at research centers whose job is to review experiments for the protection of patients.
The group who looks at the ethical standards of all research that involves studying people.
See the University of Washington Health Sciences Research Studies Seeking Volunteers Definitions of Commonly Used Research Terms web page defintion of Institutional Review Board (IRB)
A specially constituted group of people established or designated by a research institution or clinical trial sponsor to protect the welfare of human participants clinical research and ensure trials adhere to federal regulations on the conduct of clinical research.
A group of scientists and nonscientists who review proposed studies to ensure that the rights of study participants are protected.
(IRB) for Research with Human Subjects - Reviews all proposed research projects that involve human subjects to assure that the rights of such subjects are protected, that adequate and informed consent for their participation is obtained, and that any possible benefits of the research are commensurate with the risks involved.
A committee that screens proposals for research using human participants for adherence to ethical standards.
Board designed to oversee the research process in order to protect participant safety. Made up of researchers, ethicists, and lay people from the community, the board must review clinical trial protocols and the informed consent forms participants sign.
Under the Common Rule, a local review board convened by any institution conducting federally sponsored human subject research, vested with the responsibility to review research proposals to ensure compliance with federal research regulations.
An administrative body in an institution (such as a hospital or university) established to protect the rights and welfare of human research subjects recruited to participate in research activities conducted under the auspices of that institution. The IRB has the authority to approve, require modifications in, or disapprove research activities in its jurisdiction, as specified by both federal regulations and local institutional policy.
Group made up of scientists, clergy, doctors, and citizens from the community, which approves and reviews all research taking place at an institution.
An IRB can be used to review and approve a researcher's request to waive or alter the Privacy Rule's requirements for an Authorization. The Privacy Rule does not alter the membership, functions and operations, and review and approval procedures of an IRB regarding the protection of human subjects established by other Federal requirements.
A group of medical and non-medical members who evaluate research protocols for protection of research subjects.
A committee that reviews research studies to decide whether or not to allow the studies to be done at the hospital, medical center, university or other institution for which the IRB is responsible. An IRB usually includes physicians, scientists, and other health care professionals, as well as someone from the local community. The IRB's role is to help ensure that the study is well designed; that the risks are as low as possible and reasonable compared to the importance of what might be learned; and that the rights of study participants are protected. Special requirements are applied by an IRB when it reviews studies that involve children.
the formally appointed ethics review committee at an institution established to ensure that research involving human participants conforms to the Federal Regulations.
An IRB is an outside panel of experts that checks and monitors any clinical trial research involving people. This committee represents the interests of the patients who participate in the clinical trial. The committee always includes people who are qualified to evaluate new and ongoing clinical trials on the basis of scientific, legal, and ethical merit. The federal regulations mandated by the Office of Human Research Protection require that an IRB includes at least five people from different backgrounds. Some committee members are doctors and scientists; others are nonmedical people like clergy and teachers. The most important functions of an IRB are to make sure that a clinical trial has scientific merit, minimizes patient risk, and ensures that the privacy of all participants is protected.
a board composed of medical professionals, members of the community, ethicists, and patient advocates that reviews the trial protocol to make sure that the research conducted will not expose patients to extreme or unethical risks.
a special committee designated to review research involving human participants to make sure that the safety, rights and welfare of human participants in clinical research are protected. All research involving human participants must be approved by the IRB before the research may proceed.
An IRB exists for each study, and is comprised of healthcare professionals who evaluate all aspects of the trial to ensure that FDA regulations are being met and that participant safey is being protected.
The Institutional Review Board, or IRB, meets weekly to review research proposals. They must approve all human subjects research at OHSU. Close Window
Groups of scientists, doctors, clergy, and consumers at each health care facility or university at which a clinical trial takes place. Designed to protect patients who take part in studies, IRBs review and must approve the protocols for all clinical trials. They check to see that the study is well-designed, does not involve undue Risks, and includes safeguards for Participants.
IRBs are composed of medical professionals as well as non-medical professionals and lay persons who review all research to protect participants. Specifically, they try to uphold three principles, namely respect for persons, beneficence and justice.
( IRB): A group of scientists, doctors, clergy, and consumers that participates in health services and/or behavioral research and clinical trial. IRBs are designed to protect study participants. They review and must approve the action plan for every study. They check to see that the study is well designed, does not involve undue risks, and includes safeguards for patients. Affinity requires that an IRB review any studies involving human subjects.
A group of health care professionals from the institution where the clinical trial takes place, as well as members of the local community. The Board is responsible for seeing that there is not unreasonable risk to the patient and that the informed consent accurately informs the patient about his/her role in the study.
An independent group of professionals designated to review and approve the clinical protocol, informed consent forms, study advertisements, and patient brochures to ensure that the study is safe and effective for human participation.
one of the groups that monitors HVTN trials. Each research institution (such as a university) has an IRB, that reviews studies to make sure they are scientifically and ethically acceptable to the participant.
A group that approves studies proposed by investigators. Each institution that conducts research has an IRB made up of researchers and members of the public. The IRB must be sure that the study is managed in a way that protects those who participate in it. All clinical trials by federal regulation must be approved by the IRB prior to enrolling participants.
1. A committee of physicians, statisticians, researchers, community advocates, and others that ensures that a clinical trial is ethical and that the rights of study participants are protected. All clinical trials in the U.S. must be approved by an IRB before they begin. 2. Every institution that conducts or supports biomedical or behavioral research involving human participants must, by federal regulation, have an IRB that initially approves and periodically reviews the research in order to protect the rights of human participants.
Committee that reviews and approves research protocols.
A committee designated by an institution, such as a hospital, to review and approve research projects; e.g., clinical studies in that institution.
The U.S. equivalent of a Research Ethics Board. It operates under stricter regulations than REBs.
A panel created to look at and approve or reject clinical trial study proposals. An IRB is mandated by the FDA and is composed of many different types of people, including researchers, ethicists, lay people, treatment advocates, lawyers, clergy, and others. Clinical trials must be approved by an IRB before they can begin. IRBs are used to help ensure that patients are not exposed to unreasonable or unnecessary risks or unethical treatments.
A committee of medical specialists, lawyers, ethicists, commnity representatives, and clergy approved by the federal government to review, modify, approve, or disapprove the research trial.
Each research institution has an Institutional Review Board. The IRB, which includes non-medical and medical people, reviews all protocols for patient safety. The board also reviews the consent information given to patients who are thinking about participating in the trial, to make sure that it is written in clear, understandable language.
The board that oversees all research involving human subjects.
A committee -- commonly abbreviated IRB -- at an institution or hospital involved in biomedical research that oversees all human trials. In the U.S., all clinical trials required by the FDA to be approved by the institution's IRB.
a committee of physicians, medical experts, researchers and community members which is responsible for ensuring that clinical trials conducted by a hospital or other institution are safe and ethical.
An Institutional Review Board (IRB) is an independent committee, comprised of individuals with diverse medical and non-medical backgrounds, that reviews and approves all study-related documents. An IRB approves protocols, Informed Consent forms, physician credentials and eligibility, and patient recruitment materials, such as print advertisements and public service announcements. IRBs work closely with the Food and Drug Administration to ensure that patient safety is the number one priority in a clinical trial.
An IRB is composed of an independent, local group of researchers and community advocates who must review and approve each clinical trial protocol and associated consent materials before patients may be treated at their site.
A board consisting of health care professionals from the institution where the clinical trial takes place, as well as members of the local community. The board scrutinizes all trial activities including recruitment, advertising and potential risks. The IRB also makes sure that FDA regulations are being followed in a particular trial.
An independent panel of researchers and community advocates that reviews all parts of a clinical trial and ensures that the study is ethical and poses no undue risks. The IRB must approve the clinical trial's protocol, informed consent document, and advertisements before the trial begins.
An IRB exists at each study site, and comprises health care professionals who evaluate all aspects of the trial to ensure that FDA regulations are being met.
An independent committee that reviews clinical studies involving human subjects (participants) and assures the protection of their safety, rights, privacy and welfare.
An independent body constituted of medical, scientific, and non-scientific members, whose responsibility it is to ensure the protection of the rights, safety, and well-being of human subjects involved in a trial by, among other things, reviewing, approving, and providing continuing review of trial protocol and of the methods and material to be used in obtaining and documenting informed consent of the trial subjects. (ICH) Other names for such bodies include independent review board, independent ethics committee, committee for the protection of human subjects.
an independent committee of scientists, physicians, and lay people that oversees clinical trials.
(IRB) A group of people who review research studies to protect your rights.
A specially constituted review body established to protect the welfare of human participants in research. Federal law states that all institutions supported by a Department or Agency to which the Common Rule applies must establish an IRB to review and approve research involving human subjects.
An IRB is an independent committee of physicians, statisticians, community advocates, and others that ensures that a clinical trial is ethical and the rights of study participants are protected. All institutions that conduct or support biomedical research involving people must, by federal regulation, have an IRB that initially approves and periodically reviews the research
A review panel which approves trials prior to initiation to assure conformity with ethical and scientific standards, and that the Informed Consent is adequate. At UCLA, there are 2 such Boards: The Human Subjects Protection Committee (HSPC) and the Institutional Scientific Peer Review Committee (ISPRC), and both must approve a trial prior to the enrollment of participants.
A federally-mandated, provost-appointed committee that provides institutional review for ethical concerns in the use of human subjects in research.
A committee of professionals at an affiliated fair or research institution that reviews research plans and consent forms to evaluate potential physical or psychological risk of research involving human subjects.
An Institutional Review Board (IRB) is an objective, multidisciplinary group of individuals that reviews and approves or disapproves clinical trials for a medical institution. The Board is made up of doctors from different specialties, ethicists (often a chaplain), administrators, and members of the public. An IRB is required by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ensure protection of the rights and welfare of patients who are enrolled in clinical trials.
An independent committee of doctors, scientists, clergy, and health care consumers located at the institution where a clinical trial is to take place. The IRB reviews the trial to make sure it is ethical and protects the rights and safety of study participants. IRBs approve and monitor almost all clinical trials in the United States.
A group of health care professionals as well as laypersons from the community where the clinical trial takes place. The Board is responsible for seeing that there is no unreasonable risk to the patient and that the informed consent form accurately informs the participant about his/her role in the study, along with the potential risks and benefits associated with one's participation.
Group of scientists, doctors, clergy and consumers at each health care facility that participates in a clinical trial. IRBs are designed to protect study participants. They review and must approve the action plan for every clinical trial. They check to see that the trial is well designed, does not involve undue risks, and includes safeguards for patients.
See Research Ethics Board.
A group of doctors, scientists, lawyers, community members, and patient advocates appointed by a medical institution who are responsible for reviewing and approving research studies that involve humans. IRBs assure that such studies are scientifically and ethically proper to conduct.
A hospital-based committee which reviews and approves the conduct of clinical research at the hospital
IRB. A group of scientists, doctors, clergy, and consumers that reviews and approves the action plan for every clinical trial. There is an IRB at every health care facility that does clinical research. IRBs are designed to protect the people who take part in a clinical trial. IRBs check to see that the trial is well designed, legal, ethical, does not involve unneccesary risks, and includes safeguards for patients.
An institutional review board/independent ethics committee (IRB/IEC) (also known as ethical review board) is a group that has been formally designated to review and monitor biomedical and behavioral research involving human subjects. In accordance with Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and HHS regulations, an IRB has the authority to approve, require modifications in (to secure approval), or disapprove research. An IRB performs critical oversight functions for research conducted on human subjects that are scientific, ethical, and regulatory.