{"id":2898,"date":"2017-10-30T13:00:08","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T17:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/irb\/?page_id=2898"},"modified":"2026-09-29T22:36:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T02:36:49","slug":"cr-times","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/irb\/cr-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Clinical Research Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"news-headline\">September 30, 2026<\/h4>\n<p>Dear Colleague:<\/p>\n<p>This month&#8217;s Feature Article describes BMC Health System&#8217;s process for reviewing and managing research conflicts of interest (COI); and the steps researchers need to take to disclose their outside relationships and financial interests.<\/p>\n<p>Also check out:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Things to Know\u201d\n<ul>\n<li>On new\/revised <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/ohra\/hrpp-policies\/hrpp-policies-procedures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HRPP Policies and Procedures<\/a> effective 9\/16\/26, including changes to consent requirements for screening procedures; information regarding SSN\/ITIN collection for Candex, BU\u2019s new third-party subject payment platform; and a move to concurrent ancillary department sign-off and IRB review<\/li>\n<li>On the <a href=\"https:\/\/wwwapp.bumc.bu.edu\/ocr\/ClinicalResearchNewsletter\/article.aspx?article=980\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IRB Global Reliance Agreements<\/a> now in effect between the BMC\/BUMC IRB and the Boston University Charles River Campus (CRC) IRB, which streamline multisite collaborative research<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\u201cGetting to Know ClinicalTrials.gov\u201d for clarification on CTgov registration and reporting requirements following NIH\u2019s May 2026 policy change for Basic Experimental Studies Involving Humans (BESH)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u201cThe CRRO Corner\u201d on upcoming trainings (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/crro\/training-education\/fundamentals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fundamentals in the Conduct of Clinical Research<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/crro\/training-education\/pi-role-training\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Principal Investigator Role training<\/a>), as well as the Clinical Research Seminar and RPN Workshop calendars for the 2026\u20132027 academic year<\/li>\n<li>\u201cDear IRB\u201d for guidance on whether an amendment is required for adding new recruitment methods to an exempt study (e.g., social media, a personal website)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Learn more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/crtimes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.bu.edu\/crtimes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Ogrodnik, MS, CIP, Editor, CR TIMES<br \/>\nDirector, Office of Human Research Affairs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 30, 2026 Dear Colleague: This month&#8217;s Feature Article describes BMC Health System&#8217;s process for reviewing and managing research conflicts of interest (COI); and the steps researchers need to take to disclose their outside relationships and financial interests. Also check out: &#8220;Things to Know\u201d On new\/revised HRPP Policies and Procedures effective 9\/16\/26, including changes to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1250,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":17,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/irb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2898"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/irb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/irb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/irb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/irb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2898"}],"version-history":[{"count":51,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/irb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5258,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/irb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2898\/revisions\/5258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/irb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}