• About research ethics
  • Who should submit an ethics application?
  • Tri-Council Policy Statement
• Forms and deadlines
  • Consent process and forms
  • How to submit an application
• Ethics guidelines
  • Minimal risk review
  • Expedited review
  • Evaluation process
  • Approval categories
  • Compliance and monitoring
  • In-class experimentation
  • Right of appeal
  • Agreement with hospitals
  • Stem cell research
  • Clinical trials
  • Draws
  • Canadian and international guidelines
• Research Ethics Boards
  • Mandate and appointment
  • Composition of the boards
  • Duties and responsibilities
  • Procedures
  • Annual reports
  • Research Ethics Board
• Resources and links
• Contact us

Clinical Trials

• Drugs

  • The use in a clinical trial of new, investigational, drugs requires Health Canada approval, whether the trial is investigator or industry initiated.
• Natural health products
  • The use of a Natural Health Product (NHP) in a clinical trial generally requires Health Canada approval, whether the trial is investigator or industry initiated.