Locating a Prostate Cancer Susceptibility Gene on the X Chromosome by Linkage Disequilibrium Mapping Using Three Founder Populations in Quebec and Switzerland
Abstract
The funded proposal has not yet been activated. We have obtained DOD-endorsed ethical approval at McGill University, but because we are waiting for ethical approval at the other 2 sites we cannot begin. The need to obtain ethical approval at all sites within the McGill University Hospitals system led to much longer delays than anticipated as four separate ethics board had to approve the DoD-endorsed documents. This endeavour took from September 1999 to October 2000. We now have approval at McGill University and at all the component hospital sites. The work required to obtain IRB approval in Switzerland was substantially more complicated than we had envisioned as their system is very different from ours in North America. We have submitted the Single Project Assurance package from Switzerland and are currently waiting to hear from the DoD. We have submitted parts 2,3 and 4 of the Chicoutimi (Quebec) SPA and the ethics committee have met and approval should be forthcoming in the next month or so. We waited for McGill IRB approval before involving Chicoutimi because we wanted to provide them with DoD-approved documents in French so that they wouldn't have to repeat our work. Realistically, we anticipate that within 6 months, approval will have been obtained at all sites and the study will be ready to begin.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 2001
- Accession Number
- ADA392314
Entities
People
- William David Foulkes
Organizations
- McGill University