Ethics-IRB Approval

Department of Health & Human Services

Public Health Service
National Institutes of Health
National Cancer Institute
Bethesda, Maryland 20892

iRIS Reference Number 331411

Type of Action: Submission Response for Initial Review Submission Form
Project Number: P131352

01/07/2014

TO:

Sarah Kobrin
NCI - Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences

FROM:

Chairperson, Special Studies Institutional Review Board, NCI

SUBJECT:

Action on Clinical Research Protocol

The Initial Review of your protocol and consent document, “Awareness and Beliefs about Cancer Survey ,” was
reviewed by the National Cancer Institute Special Studies Institutional Review Board (NCI-SSIRB) by full board
review on 11/04/2013.
The IRB has taken the following action:
Approved as written. Forwarded to the CC OPS for administrative processing.
Approved with stipulations pending re-review by SSIRB Chair. See review.
X

Approved with recommendations. See below. Forwarded to the CC OPS for
administrative processing.
Deferred pending response to stipulations and re-review by the full SSIRB. See review.
Disapproved. See review.

Recommendations:
1) On page 4 of the revised protocol, in the new language regarding random digit dialing, the first sentence is
incomplete and should be corrected.
2) Forward a copy of the amended survey instrument when available from the Contractor