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Continuing Review / Renewal

Studies are granted Research Ethics Board (REB) approval for a maximum of one year and must be renewed in order to continue. To extend REB approval for a further one year period, a continuing review request must be submitted to the research ethics office.  It is the responsibility of the principal investigator to ensure that a complete continuing review form is submitted to the REB prior to the study expiration date.

Please follow these instructions to request a continuing review or renewal for a study:

Submit completed continuing review form

  1. Log into the Unity Health eREB to complete and submit a renewal. For information on creating an account and logging in, please see the eREB page. Guides on completing post-approval submissions can be found in the eREB.

Important:

  • Submissions that are incomplete or filled out using an out-of-date form will not be accepted.
  • Continuing review forms should be submitted prior to the study expiry date, but no earlier than 60 days before expiry.
  • The continuing review form cannot be used to submit documents to the REB for acknowledgement or approval. Amendments, safety information, and changes to investigators/study personnel should be submitted separately.
  • Failure to submit a continuing review form by the study expiry date will result in study closure.

Review of the continuing review form by the Research Ethics Board

  1. During review of the continuing review application, the Research Ethics Coordinator will contact you for any clarifications or outstanding training certificates that are needed prior to renewing the study.
  2. The contact person for the continuing review will typically be the Research Ethics Coordinator that worked on the original application. If you don’t have a Research Ethics Coordinator, please email researchethics@unityhealth.to.

 

Approval of the continuing review application

  1. Once the review is complete and all concerns have been addressed, the continuing review application will be approved. 
  2. Your approval letter will be sent to you via email.

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