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Reporting Unanticipated Problems
HSPP
Updated April 2008








Reporting Problems to the IRB
UPIRSO/SAE
All study related
unanticipated problems posing a risk to subjects or others (UPIRSO) (whether
or not the risk is actualized) must be reported to the IRB promptly. This
includes unanticipated serious adverse events (SAEs) that are study related;
and adverse events (AEs) that were anticipated but that occur at a greater
frequency or with greater severity than anticipated. SAEs and AEs that are
not study related and are not unanticipated should not
be reported to the IRB except in summary form at continuing review.
Subject death
All
subject deaths in studies undertaken at Carle, whether or not related to the
study, must be reported to the Carle IRB. In multi-center studies, if Carle
is not the lead site and the death does not involve a Carle subject, the
event does not need to be reported to the Carle IRB unless it represents a
study related unanticipated problem (UPIRSO).
Continuing or
serious non-compliance
Under
development
Failure of
research integrity
Under
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