FDA Releases Final Guidance Q&A on Electronic Systems, Records, and Signatures

FDA Releases Final Guidance Q&A on Electronic Systems, Records, and Signatures

12/19/2024

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In October 2024, The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a final guidance: “Electronic Systems, Electronic Records, and Electronic Signatures in Clinical Investigations: Questions and Answers”. It is intended for sponsors, principal investigators, institutional review boards (IRB), contracted research organizations (CRO) (all of which are considered regulated entities) and other interested clinical trial stakeholders that use electronic records and systems.

FDA Releases Draft Guidance on Multi-Regional Clinical Development Programs for Oncology Trials

FDA Releases Draft Guidance on Multi-Regional Clinical Development Programs for Oncology Trials

12/04/2024

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In September 2024, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released another draft guidance titled Considerations for Generating Clinical Evidence from Oncology Multiregional Clinical Development Programs” for sponsors intending to conduct global clinical development programs (CDP) for new cancer treatments. The guidance provides advice on using evidence obtained from multi-regional clinical trials (MRCT) to support marketing applications.

FDA Publishes Draft Guidance on Integrating RCTs into Routine Health Care

FDA Publishes Draft Guidance on Integrating RCTs into Routine Health Care

11/26/2024

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In September 2024, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a draft guidance for industry titled: Integrating Randomized Controlled Trials for Drug and Biological Products Into Routine Clinical Practice in association with the FDA’s Real-World Evidence program. This guidance was released the day before their final guidance on Conducting Clinical Trials With Decentralized Elements, both guidance discuss the FDA’s current position on collecting health information from sources outside of the clinical research site in order to improve enrollment and protocol adherence to scheduled visits

FDA Releases Final Guidance on Decentralized Clinical Trials

FDA Releases Final Guidance on Decentralized Clinical Trials

11/18/2024

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On September 18th, 2024, The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a final guidance document titled: “Conducting Clinical Trials with Decentralized Elements” which is intended to inform sponsors, investigators, and other clinical trial stakeholders about the proper implementation of decentralized clinical trials (DCT).

FDA Issues Warning Letter Regarding Patient Overdose

FDA Issues Warning Letter Regarding Patient Overdose

10/22/2024

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On August 20th, 2024 the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning letter as a result of an FDA Bioresearch Monitoring (BIMO) Program inspection. The inspection observation was that improper dosing instructions were given to a pediatric patient. Per 21 CFR 312.60, the investigator is responsible for ensuring the study is conducted according to the protocol.