How To Prepare An IRB Submission For A Remote eConsent Study

An Institutional Review Board (IRB)—also known as an independent ethics committee (IEC), ethical review board (ERB), or research ethics board (REB)—is an administrative body protecting the rights, privacy, and welfare of clinical research participants. Its members are responsible for reviewing research plans and have the authority to approve, disapprove, monitor, and ask for modifications.

IRBs are increasingly supportive of eConsent solutions—perhaps because they are all too familiar with paper-based consent issues such as outdated ICFs and lack of traceability. Even so, researchers may find themselves in need of guidance as they prepare for an eConsent IRB review.