The Clinical Research Information Service (CRIS) is a non-profit online registration system for clinical trials (researches) to be conducted in Korea. It has been established at the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) with support from the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW). It joined the WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP) as 11th member of Primary Registry.

The CRIS includes any clinical trial or research which will be prospectively conducted with human participants, aiming to prevent, detect, diagnose or treat diseases. The clinical trial or research should be approved by the IRB prior to the registration on the CRIS. For multinational clinical trials or researches, the principal investigator should register the trial or research to prevent inadequate information or double registration. The information registered into the CRIS is open to the public on a real-time basis, domestically and internationally, from the time when the system administrator approves the trial or research.

The purposes of the CRIS are :

To improve transparency, accountability and ethicality of clinical trials or researches to be conducted in Korea

To establish medical research infrastructure based on scientific evidence

The Clinical Research information Service(CRIS) Advisory Board

The CRIS Advisory Board is established to support CRIS in facilitating registration of clinical trial or research to be conducted in Korea.

Its role includes :

ㆍDeveloping a set of principles and guidelines for clinical trial registration through CRIS

ㆍProviding advice and support in establishing and improving CRIS

ㆍMonitoring the registration status of CRIS

ㆍProviding consultation on planning strategy for collaboration with domestic and international organizations such as KAMJE(Korean Association of Medical Journal Editors)

Members

ㆍPark, Hyun-Young : Korea Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

ㆍNam, Jung-Mo : Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Yonsei University

ㆍSeo, Hwa-Jeong : Graduate School of Public Health and Social Welfare, Gachon University of Medicine & Science

ㆍYim, Hyeon-Woo : Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, the Catholic University of Korea

ㆍChang, Yoon-Jung : National Cancer Center

ㆍCho, Ju-Hee : Samsung Medical Center

ㆍHuh, Sun : Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Hallym University