Journal article
Ontario Cancer Research Ethics Board: Lessons Learned From Developing a Multicenter Regional Institutional Review Board
Abstract
PURPOSE: We describe issues and outcomes in the development of a specialized, central institutional review board (IRB) for multicenter oncology protocols. Numerous authoritative bodies have called for a change to the ethics review system to better manage multicenter trials in terms of quality, timeliness, and efficiency. In 2003, the American Society of Clinical Oncology proposed a network of regional IRBs for cancer. Previous experience with …
Authors
Saginur R; Dent SF; Schwartz L; Heslegrave R; Stacey S; Manzo J
Journal
Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol. 26, No. 9, pp. 1479–1482
Publisher
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
Publication Date
March 20, 2008
DOI
10.1200/jco.2007.12.6441
ISSN
0732-183X