{"id":3266,"date":"2024-01-04T09:29:08","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T14:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/ohsp\/?page_id=3266"},"modified":"2025-03-11T18:15:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T22:15:04","slug":"deferred","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/ohsp\/irb-review\/deferred\/","title":{"rendered":"Deferred vs. Modifications to Secure Approval"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Federal regulations and <a class=\"u-link-pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/ohsp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Policy_402_RSRB_Meetings.pdf\">OHSP Policy 402: RSRB Meetings<\/a> give Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) the authority to:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Approve submissions as submitted;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#modifications\">Approve submissions with modifications required<\/a> (also referred to as \u2018approved with stipulations\u2019 and \u2018modifications to secure approval\u2019);<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#defer\">Defer submissions<\/a> (also referred to as \u2018table\u2019); or<\/li>\n<li>Disapprove submissions.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Often, when the boards require modifications to the research, study teams fail to understand the implications for a review item that is approved with modifications required versus one that is deferred.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federal regulations and OHSP Policy 402: RSRB Meetings give Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) the authority to: Approve submissions as submitted; Approve submissions with modifications required (also referred to as \u2018approved&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"parent":356,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3266","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"lead_in":"","display_title":"","subtitle":"","call_to_action":"","hero_image_placement":"no_image","hero_media":"images","hero_pattern_option":"","hero_video":"","hero_external_video_url":"","hero_external_video_title":"","hero_external_video_poster":"","hero_image_landing":"","hero_image_landing_two":"","hero_image_landing_three":"","content_modules":[{"acf_fc_layout":"text","anchor":"modifications","css_class":"","title":"<h2>Approved with modifications required<\/h2>","content":"A review item that is \u2018approved with modifications required\u2019 means that the IRB determined that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/ohsp\/irb-review\/approval-criteria\/\">criteria for approval<\/a>, will be met provided the study team:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Makes <strong>minor<\/strong> changes specifically requested by the convened board to the review item; or<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Confirms specific assumptions made by the convened board regarding how the research will be conducted.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nExamples of modifications that might be required to secure approval include:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Confirming that routine MRI screening procedures will be conducted;<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Requiring editorial revisions to the consent document(s); and\/or<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Requesting documentation that confirms the 30-day IND (Investigational New Drug) waiting period has passed without any clinical holds.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nOnce the study team makes the revisions requested by the board, the board chair or their designee is able to approve the research on behalf of the convened board without the item having to go back to the convened board for review.\r\n\r\n<strong>Note: Revisions made to the research that go beyond simply concurring with the board\u2019s request require re-review by the convened board.<\/strong>\r\n\r\nFor example, a new study may be approved with the stipulation that the subject payment information in the consent document be updated to be consistent with the study protocol. After the Investigator makes this simple revision, the board chair can review the revision to confirm it meets the board\u2019s original request, and approve the research.\r\n\r\nOn the other hand, if the Investigator makes further changes to the subject payment schedule (e.g., modifying how much subjects are paid and when), the submission will require re-review by the convened board at a subsequent meeting.","background_color":"#f4f4f4","width":"width-medium"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","anchor":"defer","css_class":"","title":"<h2>Deferred research<\/h2>","content":"Anytime the board is unable to determine whether a review item satisfies <strong>all<\/strong> the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/ohsp\/irb-review\/approval-criteria\/\">criteria for IRB approval<\/a>, the review of the item will be deferred (i.e., tabled) to a future board meeting pending the resolution of the issues triggering the deferral. 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