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May 09, 2025
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2025-2026 College Catalog
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CRC 273 - Clinical Trial Operations 3 Contact Hours, 3 Credits 3 lecture periods 0 lab periods
Knowledge of Clinical Operations in order to run a clinical trial. Elements discussed include the financial, personnel, legal, and procedural aspects of implementing, monitoring, conducting, and managing a clinical trial.
Corequisite(s): CRC 250IN Information: Students must be admitted to or have conditional status of the Clinical Research AAS or Post-Degree Certificate program or obtain the consent of the instructor before enrolling in this course.
Course Learning Outcomes
- Describe the necessary steps to implement a clinical trial.
- Describe the elements of a study budget as it relates to the execution of a protocol.
- Explain the variety of electronic clinical technologies and tools used to automate, enhance, and streamline clinical study conduct.
- Describe the Management and Training approaches to mitigate risk during a clinical trial.
- Identify the legal responsibilities and accountabilities of conducting a clinical trial.
Outline:
- Implementing a Clinical Trial
- Site and Protocol Feasibility
- Site Approval Processes
- SOPs
- Approval from Stakeholders
- Developing a Research Study Budget
- Developing a Study Plan
- Elements of a Study Budget and the Protocol
- Estimating study costs and a site budget
- Analyzing the budget components for a specified clinical trial relative to cost effectiveness
- Third Party Vendors, Certificates, and Credentials
- Assisting in the calculations of an overall research project budget, including personnel, costs, overhead, and profit margin
- Components of a typical bid, proposal, and contract
- Management and Training Approaches to mitigate risk
- Delegation of Responsibility
- Roles of Study Team Members
- Staff Qualifications
- Training and Documentation
- Updating the Delegation Log during the trial.
- Corrective and Prevention Action Plans
- Risk Assessment
- Root Cause Analyses
- Implementation Analysis and Operational Considerations
- Site recruitment and selection
- Dedicated Personnel
- Advertising Strategies
- Pre-Screening and Screening Strategies
- Investigational product shipment and storage
- Procedures for accepting IP
- Storage considerations
- Product Accountability
- Participant Instructions
- Quarantine Considerations
- The well-coordinated research project
- PI Oversight
- Study Procedures
- Administrative
- Clinical
- Training
- Implementation
- Record-keeping
- Maintenance of Facilities
- Safety
- Ergonomics
- Equipment
- Maintenance and Calibration Records
- Inventory
- Office and Clinical Supplies
- Data Collection and Entry
- Personnel and Responsibilities
- Timeliness of Data Entry
- Queries
- Good Documentation Practices
- Trial Compliance
- IRB
- DSMB
- FDA
- Legal Responsibilities, Liabilities, and Accountabilities
- Clinical Trial Agreement (CTA)
- Execution of the CTA and the trial.
- Insurance or Indemnification and the CTA
- Mitigating Risk and Liabilities
- Business Risks
- Regulatory Sanctions
- Civil Penalties
- Criminal Prosecution
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