Use of a Single IRB of Record Case Study · 1500 research employees. Adoption of CTTI...
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Use of a Single IRB of Record Case StudyHallie Kassan, MS, CIPDirector, Human Research Protection ProgramNorthwell Health
February 6, 2018
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DisclaimerThe views and opinions expressed in this presentation are those of the individual presenter and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative.
The presenter is an Employee of Northwell Health.
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Northwell Health – Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
New York Metropolitan Area Health System
23 Hospitals
650 Outpatient Facilities
1 Research Institute
More than 66,000 employees
Service nearly 11 million people
Schools School of Medicine School of Graduate Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies
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Northwell Health Clinical Research Portfolio
Mid size clinical research institution
2300 open clinical research studies
1500 research employees
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Adoption of CTTI recommendations
Acquiringnew
hospitals
Investigators requesting
reliance
Investigators requesting Northwell IRB to serve
as single IRB
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Moving ForwardInvestigators – yes!
Institutional Leadership – yes!
HRPP/IRB Staff – yes!
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CTTI Take Aways
Relying Institution Reviewing IRB
IRB Authorization Agreement Template IRB Authorization Agreement Template
Defining Institutional Policies Creation of External Site Questionnaire
Creation of Institutional Approval Process
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Serving as Single IRBServe as Single IRB for 2 major psychiatric studies
Relying sites are mostly community hospitals
NIH funded study – each site still needed to establish its own FWA
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Relying Institution Role
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Institutional vs IRB ResponsibilitiesPolicies needed revising HRPP Policy and Procedure Manual vs. Institutional
Level Policies
Processes needed revising
Education, education, education!!!
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Institutional Approval – Submission Process
HRPP office reviews consent and personnel
Pharmacy notified
Biosafety notified
HIPAA security team notified
Initial Application Received
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Institutional Approval – Finalization
IRB Approval
HIPAA Security Approval
Pharmacy Approval
Radiation Safety Approval
Institutional Approval Granted
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Measuring ImpactNumber of submissions using a single IRB
Time from study start to completion/publication of results
Time from submission to Institutional approval
Resources/Scalability
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Number of Submissions to External IRBs
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2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Num
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f New
Sub
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Year
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Time to Results
Reference: Carey, B (2015, October 20). New Approach Advised to Treat Schizophrenia. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com
“…it’s worth noting that it usually takes about 17 years for a new discovery to make it into clinical practice; or that’s the number people throw around. But this process only took seven years.”
- Robert K. Heinssen, director of services and intervention research at the National Institute of Mental Health
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Time to Study Start Up Measures
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Site to IRBCycle
Site toPatient Cycle
Time toInstitutional
Approval(Northwell)
Day
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Measure Sample Size Median Range
Site to IRB Cycle* 234 109 0-621
Site to Patient Cycle*
151 222 27-639
Time to IA 97 63 0-232
* Used hospital-based metrics
Reference: Abbott, D, Califf, R, Morrison, BW, Pierre, C, Bolte, J and Chakraborty, S. (2013) Cycle Time Metrics for Multisite Clinical Trials in the United States. Therapeutic Innovation and Regulatory Science, 47(2), 152-160.
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Resources Needed
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2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
New Submissions By Year
Year Number of FTEs
2012 9
2013 9
2014 9
2015 9
2016 10
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ChallengesAs Relying Institution Getting investigators to understand institutional
responsibilities vs IRB responsibilities Tracking submissions and reliance agreements Balancing amount of oversight still needed Communication between reviewing IRB, HRPP office,
local site investigators
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As Reviewing IRB Teaching HRPP staff and IRB members institutional vs
IRB responsibilities How to handle external site information in
electronic system
Challenges
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Lessons LearnedMeasure study start up time from submission to institutional approval for internal IRB vs external
Study start up is dependent on more than just the IRB review
Metrics for impact need to be defined.
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