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ArticleAJOB empirical bioethics

Reducing the Single IRB Burden: Streamlining Electronic IRB Systems.

Alexandra Murray, Ekaterina Pivovarova, Robert Klitzman, Deborah F Stiles, Paul Appelbaum, Charles W Lidz

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Article in AJOB empirical bioethics. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 authors.

Alexandra MurrayPsychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, USA.
Ekaterina PivovarovaPsychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, USA.
Robert KlitzmanDepartment of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6827-8063
Deborah F StilesOffice of the Executive Vice President for Research, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
Paul AppelbaumColumbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.
Charles W LidzPsychiatry, UMass Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.

Funding

Central IRBs: Enhanced Protections for Human Research Participants?R01GM113640 · NIGMS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI LIDZ, CHARLES W · 2014 to 2016
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NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM113640
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Electronic institutional review board systems (eIRBs) have become an integral component in ensuring compliance with Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) and IRB requirements. Despite this, few of these systems are configured to administer the single IRB (sIRB) process mandated by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for multisite research. We interviewed 103 sIRB administrators, chairs, members, and staff members about their experiences with sIRB multisite research review. We observed three main obstacles to adapting existing eIRB systems to accommodate the sIRB process: (1) Existing systems are not designed for sIRBs and are not configured to administer sIRB responsibilities, (2) they are not interoperable, and (3) resources to improve existing systems are lacking. Our findings suggest that IRBs that act as an sIRB will need major changes to their electronic systems in order to accommodate sIRB processes. These difficulties threaten both the ability of IRBs to focus on ethical rather than bureaucratic problems and the efficiency of multisite trials.

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Ethics Committees, ResearchInformation SystemsMulticenter Studies as TopicBiomedical ResearchElectronicsEthics, ResearchHumansNational Institutes of Health (U.S.)Social Control, FormalUnited StatesElectronic IRB systems (eIRB)institutional review boards (IRB)interoperabilityresearch ethicssingle IRB (sIRB)

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PMID32976069
PMCPMC9035281

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