The NCI Central Institutional Review Board (CIRB) is reviewing all the
Phase III adult cancer treatment trials from the Cooperative Groups,
and occasional studies from other organizations. The purpose is to
provide local IRBs (who have joined the CIRB Pilot Project) the
opportunity to perform "facilitated reviews" that do not
require full local IRB review, and thus review should occur more
rapidly. If you are from an Institution currently participating in the
CIRB Initiative, you can download from the Active Protocol List the
necessary documents to submit a CIRB- approved study (those marked
with an asterisk) to your local IRB for rapid," facilitated
review". You can access the protocol, IRB Application form, and
the Informed Consent on this site, even if you do not enroll your
patients through CTSU. Occasional protocols, marked with a double
asterisk, are not on the CTSU Menu for enrollment, but will be posted
on this list solely for the convenience of participants in the CIRB
Initiative. For more information about the CIRB, and to help your
Institution to join the CIRB Initiative, go to the CIRB web site.
CLICK HERE for a list of CIRB approved protocols.
(PLEASE NOTE: Not all CIRB approved studies have necessarily been activated on the CTSU menu of studies. For a list of active CTSU studies, view the CTSU Active Protocol List and Accrual Report on the CTSU Web Site.)
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