I am was submitting a review article to a journal and I was asked to submit "IRB approval, or statement of compliance with the Declaration of Helsinki".
I was not the one conducting the clinical trials mentionned in my article which is a review.
Asyraf Syahmi Mohd Noor Thank you Dr Asyraf your response is very helpful. In my review artcile I am mentioning more than 10 published clinical trials, I am finding it challenging to get all the copies for each approval letter. I will state that the studies are in compliance with the ethics and guidelines and submit my review article once again.
Was the statement of ethical approval specifically requested by the journal, or was it part of the journal's general submission process?
If the latter and since your article is a review, the article likely does not need a traditional statement of of compliance or ethical approval. It is not common for reviews to include a statement that the articles included in the review were approved by ethics boards, unless this is an inclusion criterion for the review itself.
For the sake of transparency, the journal may request that you include a statement that the the article was a review of existing literature and therefore did not require ethical approval or informed consent. You could check with the journal to ensure you handle this section appropriately.
Thank you Courtney E. Wimberly
With the help of Asyraf Syahmi Mohd Noor I submitted this following statement:
"Ethics and guidelines
The clinical studies and animal subjects reported in this review article were conducted in compliance with the protocol and local authority standard operating procedures, ensuring adherence to ethical principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki, CIOMS's International Guidelines for Ethical Review of Epidemiological Studies, Good Pharmacoepidemiological Practice, and applicable regulatory requirements."
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