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On October 10, 2024, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a Warning Letter to a clinical investigator due to objectionable conditions observed during a Bioresearch Monitoring (BIMO) Program inspection in 2023. The warning letter addresses multiple violations to Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).
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The International Standard ISO 14155 “Clinical Investigation of Medical Devices for Human Subjects – Good Clinical Practice” outlines what is considered good clinical practice for the design, conduct, recording, and reporting of clinical investigations of medical devices in human participants. As we enter 2025, a Draft International Standard (DIS) of ISO 14155 is in the final stages of the approval process and is expected to be released within the coming months to replace the existing ISO
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In November 2024, the CRC press published the first edition of “Good Clinical Practices in Pharmaceuticals” edited by Graham P. Bunn (President of GB Consulting, LLC) and authored by multiple clinical trial professionals, including Clinical Pathways’ own Jennifer Lawyer and Sandra “Sam” Sather. The book is a compendium of information regarding the Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guidelines including the standards, methodologies, laws, and regulations.
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The guidance breaks down the roles and responsibilities of the investigator, sponsor, and Institutional Review Board (IRB) in regards to monitoring, mitigating, reporting, and evaluating protocol deviations (PDs). The investigator, who is responsible for the conduct of the trial and protection of the rights, safety, and welfare of the participants must report all PDs to the sponsor, highlighting the important PDs.
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On January 6, 2025, the International Council of Harmonisation’s ICH E6(R3) for Good Clinical Practices (GCP) reached step four of the formal ICH procedure. This means that the ICH E6(R3) draft guidelines, since its release in May of 2023, were submitted to and approved by the ICH Regulatory Members of the ICH Assembly for adoption as an ICH Harmonised Guideline replacing E6(R2).
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published finalized guidance on “Informed Consent” August 2023. It finalized the “Informed Consent Information Sheet” which was previously in draft since July 2014 and supersedes the final guidance “A Guide to Informed Consent” from September 1998. It is applicable for IRBs, investigators, and sponsors.
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Section 3023 of the 21st Century Cures Act (Cures Act) requires harmonizing the human subject protection regulations between U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In efforts to harmonize with the revised Common Rule, the FDA recently published two proposed rules.
Background:
The Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects, also known as the “Common Rule,” specifies the requirements for the protection of human subjects in U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) sponsored clinical trials. A final rule published to the Federal Register in January 2017 revised the Common Rule, which has a compliance date of January 21, 2019.
