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Published in final edited form as: Contemp Clin Trials. 2016 Apr 26;48:139–145. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2016.04.010

Table 1.

Study Startup Metrics for Fiscal Years 2011-2015

Fiscal year	Number of protocols approved	Median days from IRB submission to institutional approval	Median days from institutional approval to first participant consented	Median days from IRB submission to first participant consented
2011	306	86	74	182
2012^a	352	93	69	180
2013^b	292	101	68	194
2014	296	92	52	161
2015	313	100	50	171

Note: Data are for clinical research studies that scheduled, ordered, or charged through the Duke University Health System.

Transition to unified research support office.

Electronic health record implemented at Duke.