Human Subjects Research Flashcards
OHRP
Office for human research protections
Under HHS umbrella
Establishes and registers IRBs
Issues the FWA - required to participate in clinical trials
3 parts to the Belmont Report
Respect for person
- acknowledge autonomy (a choice)
- protect those w diminished autonomy (e.g. vulnerable pops)
Beneficence
- do no harm
- maximize benefits, minimize harms
Justice
8 IRB exceptions
- Education settings
- Tests, surveys, interviews or observation
- Demonstration projects
- Taste and food quality
- Benign behavioral interventions
- Secondary research on data or specimens
- Secondary research use of data or specimens
- Storage/maintenance of data/specimens
Full Board IRB Review
Research involves greater than minimal risk
Involves vulnerable pops
Must be reviewed by IRB w quantum, and vote needs majority
Can approve, contingently approve w modifications, table, table w modifications or disapprove
Informed Consent Form (ICF) 8 req components
- explanation of procedures
- Description of risks
- Description of expected benefits
- Alternatives to participation (other studies)
- Explanation of confidentiality
- Who to contact w ???s
- Explanation that participation is voluntary and participant can withdrawal
8 criteria for IRB approval
- risk to subjects minimal
- Risk reasonable relative to benefits
- Selection of subjects is equitable
- Informed consent obtained
- Informed consent documented
- Adequate steps in place for monitoring collected data for safety of subjects
- adequate steps for protecting subject privacy and confidentiality of data
- if vulnerable pops, additional protections in place
9 expedited IRB review categories
- drug and device study
- blood samples
- noninvasive biological specimens
- noninvasive procedures
- data, docs, records, specimens
- voice, video, image, digital recordings
- behavioral/social science research
- long term followup. No subjects enrolled. Data analysis
- determined minimal risk by convenes IRB
IRB definition of research
Systematic investigation designed to develop/contribute to generalizable knowledge
Expedited IRB Review key characteristics
- does NOT mean “review faster”
- must be reviewed by a Board member
- must be minimal risk to subject
- must not involve vulnerable pops
- must fit within one of nine expedited categories
Federal-wide Assurance (FWA)
- submitted to OHRP by all NFEs that do federally funded HS research
- must be renewed every 5 years
- states that NFE will comply w all regs set forth in common rule
- ensures protection of HS
- reviews, disapproves, or requires modifications to submitted protocols
- ensures researcher compliance w OHRP and submit FWA
Institutional Review Board
IRB def of human subject
- living individual about whom an investigator conducting research obtains data from
- intervention/interaction w individual, identifiable private info, or identifiable bio specimens
- response to Nazi WWII prisoner experiments
- 3 major components
1) obtain consent / voluntary participation (can stop at anytime)
2) researchers are qualified and responsible to stop if injury, disability or death
3) research is bit not random, it’s necessary
Nuremberg Code (1947)
Declaration of Helsinki (1964)
- covers biomedical research, medical research, clinical research (treatment) but NOT social/behavioral
- builds on Nuremberg Code
Informed Consent
- Direct result of Belmont Report
- Disclose procedures, purpose(s), risks, benefits, alt. methods, compensation
- Allow participant to ask questions and withdraw at any time
- 8th grade reading level
- Assessment of risks and benefits
- Selection of subjects