Fig 1.
Time-to-final response [days] of two study submissions to 34 IRBs by IRB type (university or state medical board, p = NS).
The overall median time-to-final response for the two studies was 38.5 (IQR 10 to 83; range 0 to 130) days.
Fig 2.
Total number of requested changes in the submission packages for two clinical studies submitted N = 35 IRBs.
Table 1.
Nature of requested changes in the informed consent documents of two studies submitted to N = 35 IRBs.
Fig 3.
Time-to-final response [days] of N = 35 IRBs as function of quality of available web information about the submission process (p = NS, non-parametric ANOVA).