Research Ethics

The Research Ethics Board (REB) at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) reviews research involving human participants, conducted under CAMH's auspices, to ensure that it meets the highest ethical and scientific standards. The REB is a subcommittee of the Ethics Committee of the Board of CAMH.

The REB has a diverse and experienced membership that includes scientists, clinicians, community members and those with specialized knowledge of law and ethics. The REB meets the requirements of the Tri Council Policy Statement and the International Committee on Harmonization of Good Clinical Practice. The Research Ethics Office provides support to the REB, ensures that initial and continuing review of human research is undertaken and provides educational programs for the research community.

Submitting Protocols for Review (hard copy and electronic)

Hard copy submission:
Please submit hard copies (1 original plus 9 copies) of Annual Renewals and new Protocols to Tazyia Lakkotrypis, 33 Russell Street, Room T117. Please submit CVs and TCPS to Tazyia Lakkotrypis electronically and do not include in the hard copy submission.

Final Reports submission - hard copy only
Final reports should be submitted in paper form (1 signed original + 1 copy). We recommend that you submit in double-sided copies with any supporting documentation. Kindly submit to Tazyia Lakkotrypis as stated above. Do not send electronically.

In addition to hard copy submission (Annual Renewals and New Protocols):
Please submit Annual Renewals and new Protocols (excluding CVs and TCPS) electronically to Evelyn Prasad.

NEW: Electronic submission. Files should be sent individually and not scanned into one PDF document.

NEW: Additional Informed Consent Elements. Please include in all consent forms:

"As part of the Research Services Quality Assurance role, studies may be audited by the Manager of Quality Assurance. Your research records and CAMH records may be reviewed during which confidentiality will be maintained as per CAMH policies and to the extent permitted by law".

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the current informed consent regulations (21 CFR Part 50) to require that informed consent documents and processes for applicable drug (including biological products) and device clinical trials include a specific statement that clinical trial information will be entered into a databank. The databank referred to in this final rule is the clinical trial registry databank maintained by the National Institutes of Health/National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM) which was created by statute. The submission of clinical trial information to this data bank also is required by statute. This amendment to the informed consent regulations is required by the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 (FDAAA) and is designed to promote transparency of clinical research to participants and patients.

DATES: This rule is effective March 7, 2011. The compliance date of this final rule is March 7, 2012, for clinical trials that are initiated on or after the compliance date.

The full announcement is contained in the Federal Register: January 4, 2011 Volume 76, Number 2.
See Federal Register: Informed Consent Elements for all details relating to this final rule. Section III of the document contains additional explanation of the compliance date and required implementation of this final rule.

NEW: Code of Research Integrity

Approved by Executive Committee 5 January 2011.

NEW: GCP course - March 29, 2012. Please see link for flyer information.

NEW: Additional Brown Bag event - March 8, 2012. See link for flyer.

PHIPA Requirement of Research Plan.

Please refer to link for additional information.

2011 CAMH Research Ethics Board (REB) Meeting Dates

Submit your completed forms by the first business day of the month as per schedule below:	REB Meeting Dates for 2011/2012
Tuesday January 3, 2012	Tuesday January 31, 2012
Wednesday February 1, 2012	Thursday February 23, 2012
Thursday March 1, 2012	Tuesday March 27, 2012
Thursday December 1, 2011	December 20, 2011

2011 - 2012 "Brown Bag" Ethics Discussions (composite flyer) - 12 pm to 1 pm - bring your own lunch, coffee and cookies will be served.

Please click on link for details on this event.

Questions on this Brown Bag event? Please contact: susan_pilon@camh.net, Manager, Research Ethics Office.

Click here to find out more about upcoming special events.

Questions? Email Susan Pilon, Research Ethics Manager
Questions/technical issues with the website? Email Natalia Zaslavska

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