Discretionary Certificates of Confidentiality
May 16, 2025
The NIH is currently not issuing Certificates of Confidentiality (CoCs) for non-NIH funded research.
OHRP Consent Form Resource
March 19, 2024
OHRP recently made available a new educational resource for writing consent forms.
Advarra Consent Language
January 19, 2024
The Advarra Participant Payments system launched in December 2023 and since that time, the IRB Office has updated its guidance on including language in the consent form.
Update to Institutional Consent Language Template
August 15, 2022
HRP-502c Institutional Consent Language has been revised related to confidentiality language and ceded study consent documents.
ClinicalTrials.Gov and Consent Language
May 18, 2022
Starting this month, the IRB will start requesting PIs use a slightly different ClinicalTrials.gov statement for their non-ACT studies registering with ClinicalTrials.gov.
Toolkit Updates: Short Form and Other Special Consent Processes
November 17, 2021
The Investigator Manual has been updated to describe consent guidelines for special populations that may require alternative consent processes.