To give more flexibility to Reviewing IRBs and Study Managers in their communication with study teams, IREx now allows for approval notifications to be turned OFF on a study-by-study, approval-by-approval basis. A new question in the IREx Setup, “Would you like to allow turning off study notifications?” lets Reviewing IRBs enable this feature and allow turning off IREx approval notifications and updates for the lead site/overall study and relying sites. Turning off notifications can be useful when making corrections (date correction, updated document) to an existing approval.
Category Archives: May 2025
Updated Feature: IREx Metrics available on website
A new banner at the top of the IREx website includes the following metrics:
- Institutions – # of participating institutions in IREx
- Studies – # of studies in IREx
- Reliances – Total # of participating sites with cede decision
- HRPP Liaisons – # of active HRPP Liaison roles in IREx
- Lead Study Members – # of active IREx Study Manager roles in IREx
Updated Feature: IREx surveys and PDFs now support line breaks
To make reading easier for all HRPPs (and nicer-looking PDFs), the IREx IP now supports line breaks in open text fields. Line breaks appear in the web view and PDFs of the Institutional Profile (along with the HRP and PI surveys). Liaisons can edit existing/completed IP and HRP survey responses to include line breaks, and the breaks will appear after submitting the changes.
Bug Fixes – May 7, 2025
| Enhanced: If a site was contacted prior to SMART V3, display the study on the Participating Site’s Studies page to know they need to register. |
| Fixed: SMART IRB agreement now defaults to V3 instead of V1/V2. |
| Fixed: Allow site to rely using the Other Reliance Agreement (ORA) if executed the ORA and SMART V1/V2 is locked. |
| Fixed: Relying HRPPs can add additional engaged sites on the registration page. |