You learn that one of the subjects from your study will be admitted to prison next week. You assert that it is in the best interest of the subject to remain in the study while incarcerated. However, the study was not approved by the IRB in accordance with the requirements for research involving prisoners under Subpart C. What is the best course of action?

The best course of action is to modify the elements of the research that were not approved by the IRB, even if this implies the removal of the subject who will be admitted to prison, or to talk to the penitentiary authorities if something can be done for the subject to participate in the research. and then report to the IRB.

Explanation:

All research carried out must be within the guidelines that the IRB proposes. For this reason, if a research is disapproved by the IRB, it must have factors modified and adapted so that it can be approved and carried out, even if this excludes the possibility of participation of volunteers who were interested in research and cannot due to some situation such as prisons, illnesses, among others.