The reporting criteria below has been adopted by the Texas Medical Board in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 1003 of the Texas Health and Safety Code, and 22 Texas Administrative Code §198.6.
An Investigational Review Board (IRB) overseeing clinical trials of investigational stem cell treatments shall submit an annual report to the Texas Medical Board that:
(1) sets forth the study's current findings;
(2) specifies the number of patients participating in the stem cell clinical trial(s);
(3) includes the treatment results of all patients treated with investigational stem cell treatments;
(4) generally describes the effects of the treatments and study's findings to date, including all adverse events;
(5) includes the medical school or hospital the IRB is affiliated with in accordance with §1003.055 of the Texas Health and Safety Code;
(6) includes the location where the patients' treatments were provided in accordance with §1003.055 of the Texas Health and Safety Code;
(7) includes the names of all physicians certified by the IRB or the affiliated entity to administer or provide investigational stem cell treatments and the time-period of that certification; and
(8) shall not include any patient identifying information, as the report will be made available to the public upon request.
(b) Each IRB overseeing clinical trials must be current with required reporting to the TMB. The annual report shall cover the time-period beginning September 1 and ending on August 31. The report must be submitted to the Medical Board before the end of the calendar year in which the reporting time-period ends.
REQUIRED REPORTING FORMS
Please submit completed forms electronically (PDF format) to: Registrations@tmb.state.tx.us. Please include the e-mail subject line: "IRB Annual Report [Year of Report] – [Name of IRB]"
Important: If the file size of the completed forms is 30MB or more, please mail a thumb drive with the PDF file to the following address:
Texas Medical Board
ATTN: IRB Annual Report [Year of Report] – [Name of IRB]
MC-254
P.O. Box 2018
Austin, TX 78768-2018
AVAILABLE IRB REPORTS
Completed IRB reports will be made available in March each year. Please check back for updates.
2019 Reports
2020 Reports
- None
2021 Reports
- None