Open AccessVariation among institutional review boards in evaluating the design of a multicenter randomized trial
Author(s) -
Ann R. Stark,
Jon E. Tyson,
Patricia L. Hibberd
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of perinatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.912
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1476-5543
pISSN - 0743-8346
DOI - 10.1038/jp.2009.157
Subject(s) - medicine , variation (astronomy) , multicenter study , randomized controlled trial , research design , institutional review board , medline , family medicine , statistics , surgery , physics , mathematics , astrophysics , political science , law
The objective of the study was to examine the variation among institutional review boards (IRBs) in evaluation of the study design of a multicenter trial.