Is IRB approval required to participate in INTERMACS®?
Your hospitals Institutional Review Board (IRB) must review this registry before you will be permitted to submit patient data to INTERMACS®. If your IRB approves your application for participation in this registry, you must submit documentation of that decision to INTERMACSSUPPORT. Your facility is responsible for obtaining and maintaining all patient consents and all IRB documentation. Your center will not be activated in INTERMACS® until IRB approval has been submitted.
