• Pre-clinical trial provisions
• Defining a protocol for the clinical trial
• Adhering to standards in protection of trial subject
• Defining investigator and sponsor responsibilities
• Site selection
• Patient recruitment
• Regular monitoring of observations and events
Preclinical trial requisites:
Before launching a trial, the sponsor of the trial in consultation with clinical investigators needs to justify and establish a study protocol for conducting the clinical trial. An …show more content…
This will involve conversations with clinical investigators and sponsors primarily who will design a standard protocol. Sponsors will then need to develop standardized procedures to oversee operations in concordance with local regulations and costs. Case report forms are an example of a document required by all clinical trials. Hence developing one and updating it regularly is considered a best practice.
Adherence to protection of trial subject:
This is a core principle of pharmacovigilance where the safety of the volunteer/patient is of paramount importance. The Declaration of Helsinki provides a template and standard on which the sponsor can lay out ground rules for implementing adequate safety measures to protect volunteers/patients. This is useful in conducting a trial in an ethically justified manner and hence this will always be considered a best practice. Setting up an ethics committee to monitor the ethical aspects of a trial is also another best practice.
Investigator and sponsor