Informed consent and coordinating site for EAST members from private compared with university setting
| Survey | Private | University | P values |
| Frequency (%) | Frequency (%) | ||
| Do you feel informed consent for prospective observational trials WITHOUT blood/tissue collection is ethically necessary and a reasonable burden to research? | (n=38) | (n=120) | 0.57 |
| No | 30 (79.0) | 94 (78.3) | |
| Yes | 8 (21.0) | 26 (21.7) | |
| Do you feel informed consent for prospective observational trials WITH blood/tissue collection is ethically necessary and a reasonable burden to research? | (n=38) | (n=119) | 0.03 |
| No | 1 (2.6) | 18 (15.1) | |
| Yes | 37 (97.4) | 101 (84.9) | |
| Does your IRB currently accept IRB approval from an outside centralized institutional coordinating site to participate in multicenter studies/trials? | (n=37) | (n=120) | 0.44 |
| No | 21 (56.8) | 77 (64.2) | |
| Yes | 16 (43.2) | 43 (35.8) | |
| Does your IRB currently allow your institution to serve as a coordinating site IRB holder for multicenter studies/trials? | (n=37) | (n=119) | 0.02 |
| No | 14 (37.8) | 22 (18.5) | |
| Yes | 23 (62.2) | 97 (81.5) |
EAST, Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma; IRB, institutional review board.