When the Relying Site HRPP registers for a study and has been identified by the sIRB or SM as part of a combo site, the question that asks whether any other FWAs are engaged has been clarified.
Category Archives: IREx Access
New Feature: Agreement Checker Available to All Users
Our newest IREx Feature, the “Agreement Checker”, is a dynamic report page allowing you to list potential participating sites to see if they have signed the SMART IRB reliance agreement, joined IREx, and signed the sIRB’s Letter of Indemnification, if applicable. The list can also be exported into a comma-separated values (CSV) file. The Agreement Checker can be of particular help to sIRB’s who want to contact sites to complete agreements before a study is created in IREx, or for study managers gauging site readiness and preparing reliance instruction for sites (sample here). The “Agreement Checker” is located under the Resources section on the IREx homepage after logging into IREx.
Updated Feature: Study Registration Redesigned and Questions Added for Participating Sites
TThe Study Registration page has been updated to give Participating Site HRPPs control of how their site is listed on a study. The new registration page allows the HRPP Liaison to confirm the site and PI listed, change the PI for your site, indicate that a different site is engaged by the PI, add additional FWAs for a single study team (“Combo Site”), or decline engagement in a study. Please visit our YouTube channel to watch a video on the new Study Registration process. Please visit our YouTube channel to watch a video on the new Study Registration process.
New Feature: See Who Has Access to Your Study in IREx
Reviewing IRB Liaisons and IREx Study Managers can now view or download a list of Participating Site Personnel that have access to their studies in IREx. On the study page, click “Participating Personnel” above the study title to view the list.
New Feature: IREx Portal Agreement No Longer Required
As of November 7, 2018, the IREx Portal Agreement is no longer required to join IREx! Instead, new institution’s HRPP or IRB directors or mangers can request access via the link on the IREx Members Page. For current IREx members, all users will see electronic Terms of Use the first time they login after November 7th. The Terms of Use replace the portal agreement. We hope this will streamline and shorten the onboarding process for new sites using IREx.
System Enhancements – July 7, 2017
Enhanced: A link to the IREx Terms of Use Portal Agreement is now available on the IREx login page.
Find and List FWA Component Sites on a Study
IREx supports affiliated institutions that are listed as component sites on an FWA. Components do not have separate accounts in IREx. Instead, their access is managed by the FWA holder’s Liaison(s) and share an Institutional Profile with the FWA-holding institution. IRB Liaisons can manage their FWA components using the components button on the IREx homepage. To list a component site on a study, the Reviewing IRB or Study Manager can search for components by name or FWA number using the Add a Site box in the Edit Participating Site window.
IREx Initial Launch
The IRB Reliance Exchange “IREx” (formerly known as SMART IRB Exchange) is a freely available, web-based portal that supports single IRB review documentation and communication for multi-center clinical trials. IREx is available to any institution with an FWA and can be used to document and support reliance for any study using reliance.