Especially for the Public

Learn about Institutional Review Boards (IRB)

• About the University of Minnesota IRB
• What is an Institutional Review Board? - at ECRI

For Kids

• Kids 4 Research Web site
• FDA Kids' web site
• Human Genome Project, online multimedia educational ki

Learn About Clinical Research Participation

• Center for Information and Study on Clinical Research Participation (CISCRP)

Biospecimen Banking

• Office of Biorepositories and Biospecimen Research

Questions or Concerns for the IRB

The Consent form you receive when you are invited to be a research subject includes some contact information if you have questions or concerns about the study.

You are encouraged to contact the Research Subjects Advocate phone line, or in some cases the Fairview Research Office, or the Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare, if you have questions. Professionals familiar with research and the ethical and regulatory requirements are prepared to assist you with your concerns in a confidential manner.

For Fairview Health Services Research Patients,

Fairview Research Helpline: 612-672-7692 or toll free at 1-866-508-6961

Fairview University Medical Center - Riverside Campus
#815 Professional Building
2450 Riverside Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55454

For Gillette Children's Specialty Hospital Patients

Contact Gail Pries: 651-229-1732

Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare
200 East University Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55101

For other Research Patients including those in Social or Behavioral Research

Research Subjects' Advocate Line: 612-625-1650

D-528 Mayo
420 Delaware Street S.E.
Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455

Clinical Trial Information

If you have any questions or concerns regarding a study and would like to talk to someone other than the researcher(s), get in touch with one of the patient contacts.

Considering Participating in a Clinical Trial?

Have you or a loved one ever considered volunteering for a clinical research study?

Dr. Jasjit S. Ahluwalia, Professor, Department of Medicine, explains what to expect and what questions to ask.

More about Clinical Trial Participation:

• What is a clinical trial?
• Questions to ask before consenting to participate
• Becoming a Research Volunteer, It's Your Decision -- OHRP
  • English
  • Spanish
    
• About Research Studies - at Fairview Health Services
• Understanding clinical trials - at the National Cancer Institute(NCI)
• Introduction to clinical trials - at www.ClinicalTrials.gov
• Should I Enter a Clinical Trial?
  A Patient Reference Guide for Adults with a Serious or Life-Threatening Illness
• University of Minnesota -- Office of Clinical Reseach
• Interprofessional Education and Resource Center -- Standardized Patient Program

Considering your Child's Participation in a Clinical Trial?

• Children's Assent to Clinical Trial Participation - at the National Cancer Institute(NCI)
• What Parents Should Know About Clinical Trials - at the Children's Clinical Research Institute(CCRi)

Find Clinical Trials

• University of Minnesota Cancer Center - Cancer Clinical Trials
• University of Minnesota Academic Health Center - Active Clinical Trials
• University of Minnesota Academic Health Center - Clinical Research Opportunities
• Search ClinicalTrials.gov - Clinical trials from around the U.S.
• Search CenterWatch.com - Clinical trials listing service
• Cancer Clinical Trials: Cancer.gov - search at the National Cancer Institute(NCI)
• AIDS Clinical Trials - AIDS Clinical Trial Information Service (ACTIS)
• Search through Yahoo.com and Acurian

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