MINUTES OF AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE SURGEON GENERAL'S HUMAN USE REVIEW COMMITTEE MEETING - 26 MARCH 1979

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• Publication Date: March 29, 1979
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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
OFFICE OF THE SURGEON GENERAL
WASHINGTON, O.G. 20310
REPLY TO
ATTENTION OF:
SGRD-HR 29 March 1979
SUBJECT: Minutes of Ad Hoc Subcommittee of The Surgeon
General's Human Use Review Committee Meeting -
26 March 1979
The Surgeon General
Headquarters, Department of the Army
Washington, DC 20310
1. Under the provisions of AR 70-25 and OTSG Reg 15-2,
a special meeting of an Ad Hoc Subcommittee of the Human
Subjects Research Review Board (HSRRB) was convened at
1100 hours in Room 2E465 in the Pentagon on 26 March 1979
to consider human use issues of protocols presented by
Stanford Research Institute (SRI) [TDSIILADREVGPL (U) -
23 March 1979] and the Army Materiel System Analysis Ac-
tivity (AMSAA) [PDAAADREVGPL (U) - 23 March 1979].
a. Members present were:
COL Edward L. Buescher, MC, Chairman, HSRRB..
COL Harry Holloway, MC, Professor. and Chairman, Department
of Psychiatry, USUHS, Ad Hoc Member, HSRRB.
Dr. K. E. Emerson, PhD, Consultant Ad Hoc Member, HSRRB.
Dr. Herbert L. Ley, M.D., Consultant Ad Hoc Member, HSRRB.
Dr. Chris J. D. Zarafonetis, M.D., Consultant-Ad Hoc Mem-
ber, HSRRB.
Ms Annie L. Young, Systems Analyst, AMSAA, Ad Hoc Member,
HSRRB.
MAJ Frank Arness, JAGC, Judge Advocate, USAMRDC, and Mem-
ber, HSRRB.
MAJ Richard W. Severson, MSC, C, HURO, Recorder for HSRRB.
b. Also present were:
Dr. Hal Puthoff, PhD, Stanford Research Institute, Menlo
Park, CA.
Mr. Russell Targ, Stanford Research Institute, Menlo Park, CA.
-Mr. John Kramar, Assistant Director, Army Materiel Systems
Analysis Activity, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD.
COL Garrison Rapmund, MC, Director, Walter Reed Army Insti-
tute of Research, Washington, DC.
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SGRD-HR 29 March 1979
SUBJECT: Minutes of Ad Hoc Subcommittee of The Surgeon
General's Human Use Review Committee Meeting -
26 March 1979
2. Mr. Targ and Dr. Puthoff presented the SRI protocol to
the Ad Hoc Subcommittee. Mr. Kramar presented the AMSAA
protocol. Subsequent to discussions, the following is the
unanimous consensus of the Subcommittee members:
a. The Stanford Research Institute protocol was iden-
tified as tec nology transfer rather t an research or test-
in Similarly, the Army Materiel System Analysis Activity
protocol was Judged to be phenomenological validation of
the technology to be transferred by SRI. Descriptions of
procedures and modes of evaluation are straightforward and
do not present any known hazard to the persons involved.
b. For reasons stated above, Federal guidelines and
Army regulations on the use of human subjects do not apply.
3. While the Ad Hoc Subcommittee judged the current proto-
cols as other than research or clinical investigations in-
volving human subjects, sometime in the future it is possible
that follow-on work may be categorized as research, and may
involve human subjects. If any follow-on research should
.involve human subjects, the Ad Hoc Subcommittee felt that
the Army sponsors and action agencies are presently unprepared
to address all anticipated problems. Specifically, the con-
cerns include:
a. Provision for adequate scientific review of research
protocols.
b. Provision for collaborating behavioral scientists
in execution of protocols.
c. Provision for credible Human Use Review processes
or committees in action agencies for review of protocols;
4. The Ad Hoc Subcommittee recommended thheoArsylspon-
sors and action agencies make plans to provide
to the deficiencies listed in paragraph 3,'above, in the
event that follow-on work is planned.
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SUBJECT: Minutes of Ad Hoc Subcommittee of The Surgeon
General's Human Use Review Committee Meeting -
26 March 1979
5. There being no further business, the meeting was ad-
journed at 1550 hours.
APPROVED / ROVED:
Chairman, Human Subjects The Surgeon General
Research Review Board
Colonel MC Lieutenant Genet
MAJ, MSC
Recorder
RICHARD W. SEVERSON
APPROVED /D I SAPPR-OVE]Y:
EDWARD L. BUESCHER CHARLES C
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