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Poster Abstracts<br />

Poster Abstract<br />

2005 <strong>Symposium</strong><br />

Annual Meeting <strong>of</strong> the Society <strong>of</strong> Research Administrators International<br />

Milwaukee, WI<br />

October 16-19, 2005<br />

Principal Author: Carol Fedor, ND, Clinical Research Manager<br />

Author Affiliation: <strong>The</strong> Center for Clinical Research, UHC<br />

Author Email: carol.fedor@uhhs.com<br />

Author Address: <strong>The</strong> Center for Clinical Research<br />

University Hospitals <strong>of</strong> Cleveland (UHC)<br />

11100 Euclid Avenue<br />

Cleveland, OH 44024, US<br />

Secondary Authors: Philip Cola, MA, Director<br />

& Louise Haffke, MPH, Research Compliance Specialist<br />

<strong>The</strong> Center for Clinical Research, UHC<br />

William Dahms, MD, Vice-Chair<br />

UHC Institutional Review Board<br />

Title: <strong>The</strong> Role <strong>of</strong> a Research Administration Program in<br />

Adverse Event Reporting<br />

Abstract:<br />

<strong>The</strong> reporting, analysis, and management <strong>of</strong> adverse events (AEs) provide an ongoing assessment<br />

<strong>of</strong> risk in the context <strong>of</strong> a clinical trial and ensures the protection <strong>of</strong> human research participant<br />

safety and informed consent. Effective and efficient review <strong>of</strong> adverse events has been a longstanding<br />

challenge for Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) and Research Administration programs<br />

especially as protocols and ethical/legal issues become more complex. Furthermore, AE reporting<br />

is governed by many different regulations and sources, with inconsistencies in standards and<br />

requirements. Reporting standards for AEs were adopted when single-center trials were the norm.<br />

With the increased prevalence <strong>of</strong> multi-center trials, IRBs are now inundated with AE reports with<br />

some IRBs receiving more than 10,000 reports annually. This poster will review the current issues<br />

in AE reporting and the challenges faced by a research administration program in the process <strong>of</strong><br />

re-evaluating current policies and procedures and implementing a significantly revised reporting<br />

policy. <strong>The</strong> implementation plan and educational strategies used with the investigators and<br />

research staff will be described. Preliminary outcome data will be presented to evaluate the policy<br />

revisions and to take into consideration the concepts <strong>of</strong> “quality <strong>of</strong> analysis” versus “quantity <strong>of</strong><br />

reporting”.<br />

6 2005 <strong>Symposium</strong> Proceedings Book

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