Translational/Clinical Research

Institutional Review Requirements at University of Minnesota-Fairview

Before conducting clinical research within Fairview Health Services, researchers must contact the Fairview Health Services Research Administration office.   The research application/protocol must be approved by their Institutional Review Board prior to screening/enrolling the first patient.  Fairview Health Services requires that a patient's participation in a study be documented in the medical record and include the following: 1) IRB# 2) P.I.'s phone and pager # 3) Study coordinator's phone and pager # (if applicable) 4) Date of patient enrollment and expected length of participation. 

Fairview Health Services
Research Administration
2200 Riverside Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55454

612-672-7690
www.fairview.org/research/

Fairview Health Services also requires that a patient's participation in a study be documented in the medical record and include the following: 1) IRB# 2) P.I.'s phone and pager # 3) Study coordinator's phone and pager # (if applicable) 4) Date of patient enrollment and expected length of participation. 

Clinical Trial Registration in ClinicalTrials.gov

Clinical trials involving 1) drugs or biologics and 2) medical devices must now by law be registered with ClinicalTrials.gov.  For research conducted at University Minnesota-Fairview, investigators should contact Harvey Arbit at arbit002@umn.edu or 612-625-0930 to set up an individual account and for approval of information to be released to ClinialTrials.gov.  For more imformation, see www.ahc.umn.edu/research/ind-ide/