{"id":2056,"date":"2026-08-13T08:09:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T08:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nsers.nacosti.go.ke\/?page_id=2056"},"modified":"2026-08-13T16:20:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T16:20:04","slug":"isercs-accredited-for-clinical-trials","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nsers.nacosti.go.ke\/?page_id=2056","title":{"rendered":"ISERCs Accredited for Clinical Trials"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Clinical trials in Kenya require review by an ISERC specifically accredited for that purpose. The following institutions host committees currently accredited by NACOSTI to review clinical trials. All eight are also listed in the main NACOSTI-accredited ISERCs directory<\/a>.<\/p>

Researchers proposing clinical trials should submit protocols to one of the ISERCs below, alongside any other regulatory approvals required (for example, the Pharmacy and Poisons Board).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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No.<\/th>Institution<\/th>Email<\/th>Website<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1<\/td>AIC Kijabe Hospital<\/td>researcher.kh@gmail.com<\/td>https:\/\/kijabehospital.or.ke\/Research\/Iserc<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>Amref Kenya<\/td>esrc.kenya@amref.org<\/td>https:\/\/esrc.amref.org\/<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>Gertrude's Children's Hospital<\/td>ethics@gerties.org<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital<\/td>medsuptnpgh@yahoo.com<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>Kenya Medical Research Institute<\/td>seru@kemri.org<\/td>https:\/\/www.kemri.go.ke\/scientific-ethics-review-unit-seru\/<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>Kenyatta National Hospital - University of Nairobi<\/td>uonknherc@uonbi.ac.ke<\/td>https:\/\/erc.uonbi.ac.ke\/<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital\/ Moi University<\/td>irec@mtrh.or.ke<\/td>https:\/\/irec.or.ke\/<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>The Aga Khan University Hospital<\/td>medicalcollege.enquiries@aku.edu<\/td>https:\/\/www.aku.edu\/research\/urc\/erc\/Pages\/home.aspx<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ISERCs Accredited for Clinical Trials Clinical trials in Kenya require review by an ISERC specifically accredited for that purpose. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2056","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nsers.nacosti.go.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nsers.nacosti.go.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nsers.nacosti.go.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nsers.nacosti.go.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nsers.nacosti.go.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nsers.nacosti.go.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2056\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nsers.nacosti.go.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}