Institutional Review Board Approval

**Semantic type:** Regulation or Law

**Definition:** A document containing the determination of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) that the clinical study with human subject participation has been reviewed and may be conducted at a particular study site within the constraints set forth by the IRB and other institutional and federal requirements. The regulations require that an IRB conduct continuing review of research at intervals appropriate to the degree of risk, but not less than once a year.

**Synonyms:** - IRB Approval - IRB-IEC Approv - IRB-IEC Approval - IRB-IEC Approval - IRB/IEC Submission Approval - Institutional Review Board Independent Ethics Committee Approval - approval (IRB/ethics) - approval (in relation to Institutional Review Boards)