The Colorado Multiple Institutional Review Board (COMIRB) includes five institutional review boards (IRBs) for review of human subjects research for the University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus and its affiliates: Children's Hospital Colorado, Denver Health and Hospital Authority, University of Colorado Health, and the VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System. 

Actions by COMIRB will be guided by the principles of respect for persons, beneficence, and justice set forth in the Ethical Principles and Guidelines for the Protection of Human Subjects of Research (often referred to as the Belmont Report). Learn more about our continuous quality improvement. 

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Changes for Continuing Review: Transitioning to "2018 Requirements"

COMIRB Jul 20, 2018
As of July 19, 2018, IRBs are allowed to remove the requirement for continuing review for research eligible for expedited review. Some other research is also eligible, but research involving the FDA, VA or DOD is ineligible. 

This is a new provision of the “2018 Requirements” for the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects. 

See our guidance page for more details.

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