Include IRB approval or waiver statement in the Materials and Methods section. The Clinical Trial Registration number, if applicable, should be included at the end of the abstract.
Institutional Review Board (IRB): An independent body constituted of medical, scientific, and non-scientific members, whose responsibility is to ensure the protection of the rights, safety and well-being of human subjects involved in a trial by, among other things, reviewing, approving, and providing continuing review of trial protocol and amendments and of the methods and material to be used in obtaining and documenting informed consent of the trial subjects.
伦理委员会,一般为独立伦理委员会:指由医学、药学及其他背景人员组成的委员会,其职责是通过独立地审查、同意、跟踪审查试验方案及相关文件、获得和记录受试者知情同意所用的方法和材料等,确保受试者的权益、安全受到保护。