PCABC IRB Process

The charge of the PCABC IRB sub-committee was to develop uniformity or commonality of IRB policies among participating institutions with respect to the collection, banking and sharing of tumor tissues and other biological samples for research. In deciding the best approach to this rather complex issue of establishing synchronicity among multiple institutions, the sub-committee took into consideration:

	Prospective study: discussion of model consents for new collection of tumor tissues and blood samples at one institution for possible sharing with several institutions
	Retrospective study: discussion of availability of banked biosamples for sharing with other institutions
	Adequacy of current consents for sharing data and tissue
	De-identification procedures in place at each institution