Translational & Clinical Research

Institutional Review Requirements at University of Minnesota-Fairview

Before conducting clinical research within Fairview Health Services, researchers must contact the Fairview Health Services Research Administration office. The research application/protocol must be approved by their Institutional Review Board prior to screening/enrolling the first patient.

Fairview Health Services
Research Administration
2200 Riverside Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55454

Phone: 612-672-7690
Web Site: www.fairview.org/research/

Fairview Health Services requires that a patient's participation in a study be documented in the medical record and include the following: 1. IRB Number (assigned when the study is approved by the review board), 2. Principal Investigator's phone and pager number, 3. Study Coordinator's phone and pager number (if applicable), 4. Date of patient’s enrollment and expected length of participation.

Clinical Trial Registration in ClinicalTrials.gov
Clinical trials involving drugs or biologics and medical devices must now, by law, be registered with ClinicalTrials.gov. For research conducted at University Minnesota-Fairview, investigators should contact Harvey Arbit at arbit002@umn.edu or 612-625-0930 to set up an individual account and for approval of information to be released to ClinialTrials.gov.

For more information, see www.ahc.umn.edu/research/ind-ide/