Castle IRB meets twice a week (Wednesdays and Fridays) for convened Board Meetings. Ad hoc meetings can be scheduled as needed with the IRB team. Please see submission deadline information below.

Expedited Reviews, Exempt Reviews, Human Subjects Research Determinations, and Generic Material Reviews have no submission deadlines and are reviewed upon receipt. Single Patient Expanded Access Applications may be reviewed outside of a convened Full Board Meeting. However, if a Single Patient Expanded Access application requires Full Board review, Castle IRB is sensitive to the urgency of the situation when scheduling the application for review.

Full Board Review

• WEDNESDAY BOARD: Submissions must be received the Monday before the following week’s Wednesday Board Meeting.
• FRIDAY BOARD: Submissions must be received the Wednesday before the following week’s Friday Board Meeting.
• Turnaround time: 10 business days or less from study submission to IRB review and Determination Letter distribution

Expedited Review (if applicable)

• No submission deadlines
• Main study review turnaround time: typically 5 business days or less from study submission to IRB review and Determination Letter distribution
• PI/site (multi-investigator projects): 2-3 days from PI/site submission following main study review

Ongoing submissions following Initial Review

• If requires Full Board: turnaround time and submission deadline as noted above
• If can be reviewed via Expedited Review: turnaround time as noted above

Exempt Review (if applicable)

• No submission deadlines
• Turnaround time: typically 4 business days or less from submission to IRB review and Determination Letter distribution

Human Subjects Research Determinations/Generic Materials

• No submission deadlines
• Turnaround time: typically 2-3 business days from submission to IRB review and Determination Letter distribution

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