Before IRB Submission
IRB Submission
After IRB Submission
Confirm that a CDA is in Place
Confidential Disclosure Agreements (CDA) are put in place before any confidential or proprietary information, such as a protocol, is released from CHOP. Read more >
Assess Protocol Feasibility
Here are some questions your study team may want to consider before agreeing to do the clinical research study. Read more >
Facilitate Contract Preparation
All clinical studies done in collaboration with an external institution under which such institution is passing through funding received from an industry sponsor, or when CHOP is receiving funding directly from an industry sponsor require a contract or subcontract. Read more >
Facilitate Clinical Research Study Budget Plan
It is important to ensure that the investigator has sufficient funds to conduct the proposed clinical research study. Read more >
Obtain Scientific Review Committee Approval
Independent scientific review is required for certain protocols prior to the CHOP IRB submission. Read more >
Compile IRB Submission
An Institutional Review Board (IRB) submission is required for any human subject research study. Read more >
Reliance Agreements for Multicenter Studies
A research study must receive approval from the CHOP IRB before another institution agrees to cede oversight. Read more >
Data Safety and Monitoring
The monitoring of a clinical trial is an essential element of study processes designed to ensure the protection of the subject's rights, the safety of subjects enrolled in the trial, and the integrity and quality of the resulting data. Read more >
Other CHOP Regulatory and Internal Review Committees
Determine if your protocol requires ancillary review and approval from other CHOP review committees. Read more >
Follow Up on Status of Contract and Budget Approval
It is important to stay in close communication with the CHOP personnel negotiating your contract and budget to ensure that there are no problems and that the negotiations occur as quickly as possible. Read more >
Recruitment Enhancement Core (REC)
The REC is a free service providing study teams with additional recruitment support. Read more >
Research Family Partners
Research Family Partners assists study teams with writing community engagement plans for grant proposals. Read more >
IRB Determinations and Approval
Once the study is reviewed by the IRB, you will receive an e-mail from the IRB with one of the following notices: approval, deferral, approvable with contingencies or non-approvable as written. Read more >
Obtain Workday Number
All studies with any type of funding will have a Workday number (formerly called Lawson number). Read more >
Confirm Your Study is Built in EPIC
Once you have your approved IRB number, Workday number, and have the study activated in OnCore, the OnCore system automatically sends the study info to be built in EPIC. Read more >
Participant Research Cards (PRC)
The PRC Program is an optional program that allows research teams to provide reloadable bank cards in lieu of checks, petty cash or gift cards to subjects who are participating in research studies at CHOP that have IRB approval for compensation and/or reimbursements. Read more >
Site Initiation Visit (SIV)
Industry sponsors typically conduct an in-person or remote initiation visit with the entire study team prior to study start. Read more >
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