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The King Hussein Cancer Center (KHCC) established its Institutional Review Board (KHCC-IRB) in 2003. It aims at protecting the rights and welfare of human research participants during the conduct of research. In addition to the regulations in the Jordanian Clinical Studies Law, the KHCC-IRB functions in accordance with international standards, which includes the Belmont report, the Declaration of Helsinki, and the International Conference of Harmonization- Good Clinical Practice (ICH-GCP). KHCC acquired an FWA since 2003 and its IRB also registered with OHRP.
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Al-Hussaini, M. (2017). Case Study: Research Ethics Committee at King Hussein Cancer Center, Jordan. In: Silverman, H. (eds) Research Ethics in the Arab Region. Research Ethics Forum, vol 5. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65266-5_31
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