Unique aspects of the network include the use of internet applications for study conduct and communication, the development of statistical methodology to enhance the efficiency of clinical trial design, the development of outcome measures specific to Cystic Fibrosis, and the development of infrastructure necessary for expediting protocol development.
Approval to evaluate student clicker responses (exempt status, Protocol No. 0108.9) and interview students (expedited status, Protocol No. 0603.08) was granted by the Institutional Review Board, University of Colorado, Boulder.
Approval to evaluate student responses and interview students was granted by the Institutional Review Board, CU (expedited status, Protocol No. 0603.08), and the Behavioural Research Ethics Board, UBC (Protocol No. H07-01633).
Permissions to use pre- and posttest data and student grades (exempt status: Protocol No. 0108.9) and to conduct student interviews (expedited status: Protocol No. 0603.08) were obtained from the University of Colorado Institutional Review Board.
Permissions to use pre- and posttest data and student demographics were obtained (expedited status: protocol no. 201108240) from the Washington University in St . LouisInstitutional Review Board.
Since this study did not involve more than minimal risk (in accordance with article 1.6 of the Canadian Tri-Council Policy Stheement of Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans), the Jewish General Hospital's Research Ethics Office granted expedited approval as protocol #09-129, with corroborative approval of the Research Ethics Committee.
We obtained trophectoderm biopsies from a total of 10 embryos (day 5) and genotyped each across a panel of 300,000 common SNPs using an expedited, 24-h microarray protocol [ 6].
About water: Water is a special protocol that permits expedited movement across a Wet Wave Network, or W.W.N.
Regarding the continuing review of clinical studies, most (74.4%) underwent expedited review, since no major protocol amendment, nor amendment with greater than minimal additional risk, were involved.
Ethics approval to interview the stakeholders of the ACT Health Walk-in Centre was received from the ACT Health Human Research Ethics Committee (ETHLR.11.028) and subsequently given expedited approval by the Australian National University Human Research Ethics Committee (protocol no. 2011/120).
