Application to the Board
For New Applications to OHREB, whether they are for full board or expedited review, you will need the following forms:
- INSTRUCTION SHEET (.doc, .pdf)
- OHREB Application (.doc, .pdf)
- Genetics Addendum (.doc, .pdf)
- Departmental Impact (.doc, .pdf)
- Health Records (.pdf)
- Nursing (.doc,.pdf)
- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Impact (.doc, .xls)
- Radiation Safety & Health Physics Department
- All documents can be found on the Infonet site.
- Diagnostic Imaging Impact
- Pharmacy
- Opthamology (Guidelines .pdf, Eye 56 .pdf)
Application for Chart Review
Applications for chart review are available for download here and are
also available in hard copy in Health Records Service
Study Renewal
To renew your study on an annual basis, you will need to complete and submit the following form 60 days in advance of the approval expiry date. If you have completed research participant enrollment, but research participants remain on follow-up, this form should be completed. If recruitment is still ongoing, submit a copy of the last approved Patient Information Sheet and/or Consent Forms. If they are being revised, attach a copy of the revised documents with all changes highlighted, and a clean final version of the revised document printed on original letterhead. Be sure to update the 'version' and 'date' on the revised form. Please ensure the OHREB's contact phone number is correct. The number is 613-798-5555, extension 14902.
IT IS THE INVESTIGATOR’S RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT
STUDY APPROVAL DOES NOT LAPSE. PATIENT RECRUITMENT CANNOT CONTINUE IF
STUDY APPROVAL LAPSES
Study Termination
If your study is complete, you need to inform us by submitting the following
form. Please do not complete this form if patients remain on follow-up
(see Annual Renewal Form).
Study Amendments
If there has been an amendment to your study, please complete the following form. Be sure to include the appropriate revised documents. If there are changes required to the Patient Information and Consent Form because of the amendments, include a copy of the revised documents with all changes highlighted, and a clean final version of the revised document printed on original letterhead. Be sure to update the 'version' and 'date' on the revised form.
Adverse Event Reporting
If there are any adverse events (SAEs) to report, please inform the OHREB by using the following form. If there are changes required to the Patient Information and Consent Form because of these adverse events, include a copy of the revised documents with all changes highlighted, and a clean final version of the revised document printed on original letterhead. Be sure to update the 'version' and 'date' on the revised form.
Jurisdiction
WHAT IS THE JURISDICTION OF THE RESEARCH ETHICS BOARD OF THE OTTAWA HOSPITAL?The Ottawa Hospital Research Ethics Board is responsible for the protocols proposed by investigators at:
The Ottawa Hospital, Civic, General and Riverside campus;
The Ottawa Hospital Regional Cancer Centre;
University of Ottawa, Faculty of Medicine; and
University of Ottawa, Heart Institute
The administration of The Ottawa Hospital Research Ethics Board and the University of Ottawa Heart Institute Research Ethics Board (HREB) has now merged. Investigators that are associated with the University of Ottawa Heart Institute should continue to submit their protocols to the HREB for review. Where there is a question of overlap of patients, investigators should contact the Ottawa Hospital Research Ethics Board Research Office for clarification.