The impact of central IRB's on informed consent readability and trial adherence in SPRINT

Background: Federal agencies have encouraged the use of central institutional review boards (CIRBs) for multi-site clinical trials. There is limited evidence supporting the use of CIRBs. Our aim is to evaluate how SPRINT sites regulated by CIRBs performed regarding informed consent readability and p...

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Main Authors: Leonardo Tamariz, Mitscher Gajardo, Carolyn H. Still, Lisa H. Gren, Elizabeth Clark, Sandy Walsh, Jeff Whittle, John Nord, Thomas Ramsey, Gabriel Contreras
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-09-01
Series:Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451865418302023