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VII. Advertisements and Recruitment Forms
VII. Advertisements and Recruitment Forms
- Purpose
Principal Investigators must describe techniques employed to
recruit and retain subjects for their research investigation.
This should include where subjects/patients will be recruited
(e.g., in-patient unit, out-patient clinic, private practice,
etc.), criteria for subject selection, and description of initial
contact with subjects. Copies of all advertisements and other
recruitment materials should be submitted with the protocol
so that both can be reviewed at the same time.
It is not uncommon for subjects to be paid for their participation
in research, especially in the early phases of investigational
drug or device research or in behavioral and epidemiological
research that require a significant time commitment on the
part of the subject. The investigator should describe the
compensation plan in the protocol. Protocols that describe
payments made only at the completion of the protocol could
appear to be coercive. Therefore, it is common practice to
offer the subject a partial payment at several intervals during
the study, with the remainder provided at the completion of
the investigation.
Subjects may also be reimbursed for out-of-pocket expenses
related to participation (travel costs, parking expenses,
child care, etc.). If such monetary compensation or reimbursement
is to be offered, investigators should state the amount subjects
are to receive.
Advertisements for recruitment include:
- Internet communications
- Flyers and pamphlets
- Advertisements (written, audio, visual)
- Written text of telephone recruitment
- Process
The research protocol should include a description of the recruitment
and reimbursement strategies to be employed in the study. The
IRB must review these materials in order to approve the recruitment
and reimbursement of study subjects, as well as the protocol
and consent form.
OSP IRB Applications
A section of the protocol form is dedicated to subject recruitment
and compensation: Application for Review by the University
Committee on Activities Involving Human Subjects. Retrieve
form: www.nyu.edu/ucaihs/.
Written text of advertisements must accompany the IRB application.
NYUSM IRB Applications
Recruitment of Research Subjects
Retrieve form: http://irb.med.nyu.edu/researchers/library/guidance.
Written text of advertisements must accompany the IRB application.
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