Good Manufacturing Practices: When Do They Apply?
Navigating cGMP application in investigational drugs can be complex. Learn how FDA guidelines help clinical teams maintain safety and quality from early trials to commercialization.
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GxP Audits Guide for Successful Clinical Trials
A robust GxP audit program enhances regulatory compliance by ensuring quality and consistency across investigator sites, vendors, and internal processes in clinical trials.
Key Items Auditors Look for When Reviewing an Investigator Site File
Maintaining complete and compliant documentation while managing the complex processes and interactions of clinical trial conduct can be complicated. This blog outlines the details to look out for preparing your investigator site file (ISF) for an audit.
Understanding FDA’s 2024 Draft Guidance on DMCs
The FDA’s 2024 draft guidance emphasizes the critical role of independent DMCs in clinical trials, enhancing oversight, safety, and trial integrity.
Reporting to the IRB: Unanticipated Device Effects in Medical Device Studies
In this blog, we’ll take a look at what the regulations do and do not say about IRB reporting requirements and how Advarra has addressed some of the undefined “gray areas.”
Reporting to the IRB: Investigator Noncompliance
We often get questions about exactly what events should be reported to the IRB. We understand that “reportable events” can be tricky: some “events” are specifically referenced in the regulations, but lack a definition; some are covered in regulatory guidance documents; and some are “industry standard” that are neither an IRB regulation or IRB best practice/guidance. In this blog, we’ll look at what the regulations do and do not say about IRB reporting requirements and how Advarra has addressed some of the undefined “gray areas.”
SAE Reporting and the IRB: Adverse Events in Drug Studies
Assessing and reporting adverse events (AEs) in clinical trials is critical to ensuring the study is as safe as possible
Checklist to Reduce Burden on Sites and Patients
Every site is different. Learn how to meet their unique needs and make workflows and collaboration more efficient in this blog.
IRB Review of Changes to Previously Approved Research
During the course of study conduct, most research involving human participants will require some form of planned modification or revision.
Clinical Trial Efficiency: Top Risk Indicators and Solutions for Site Performance
Sponsor and contract research organization (CRO) team members such as clinical research associates (CRAs), study managers, and startup specialists collaborate
mRNA Cancer Vaccines and Therapies: An Overview
The applications of mRNA-based therapies in cancer research represent one of the next groundbreaking steps toward improved cancer treatments. While
How Sponsors and Sites Work Together to Improve Protocol Compliance
Sites and sponsors can adopt strategies to reduce quality issues and avoid FDA warning letters by improving collaboration, training, and resource access.