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Apr 14, 2026
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2026-2027 College Catalog
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CRC 255 - Study and Site Coordination 3 Contact Hours, 3 Credits 3 lecture periods 0 lab periods
Foundational research & regulatory concepts. Includes an introduction to strategies for implementing a clinical trial and managing site operations to ensure data integrity and participant safety. Also includes professional and ethical practices, site feasibility, participant recruitment and retention, and site-specific procedures. Includes practical experience through Good Documentation Practices, data collection, product accountability, and informed consent best practices.
Prerequisite(s): CRC 151 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
- Apply the site feasibility process confirming clinical trial readiness.
- Describe the resources necessary to conduct and manage a clinical trial.
- Summarize strategies to recruit and retain participants while protecting their rights and safety.
- Demonstrate site-specific procedural, Good Documentation Practices, and oversight requirements to ensure data integrity.
- Explain the operational and clinical steps involved in a clinical trial from start-up through close-out.
Outline:
- Study Start-Up Review
- Site Feasibility Assessment Procedures
- Start Up-Related Meetings and Agreements
- Pre-Study Qualification Visit
- Site Initiation Visit
- Investigator Meeting
- Confidentiality Agreements
- Clinical Trial Agreements
- Planning and Preparation of Research Budgets and Negotiations
- Process involved in the development of a research study budget
- Routine calculations associated with the costs of a clinical research trial
- Assisting in the calculations of an overall research project budget, including personnel costs, overhead, and profit margin
- Coordinating a Clinical Research Project
- Development of an overall plan for a clinical research project
- Elements of Project Management
- Developing a detailed plan (including time lines) for each phase of the clinical research project
- Effective communication between project team members and clinical trial management
- Operational Site Management
- Drafting Standard Operating Procedures
- Site and Staff Training Procedures and Documentation
- Study-related Equipment Maintenance
- Implementing Corrective and Preventive Action Plans
- Enrollment and Retention of Study Subjects
- IRB Approvals of Advertisement Materials
- Informed Consent Procedures
- Study Participant Visits
- Data Collection and Management
- Characteristics of high-quality data
- Good Documentation Practices and ALCOA+
- Preparation and maintenance of Data
- Standard of Care vs. Study specific data
- Protocol Timeline
- Source documentation and review process
- Collection of specimens for submission to central collection laboratories
- Monitoring dosage modifications and treatment calculations for compliance
- Identifying and reporting adverse events
- Quality controls and audits
- Adverse Events and Reporting
- AE, SAE, and Events of Interest
- UADE, SUSAR
- Process for capturing and assessing AE
- Investigator oversight
- Reporting and Follow-up
- Investigational Product Control, Storage, and Dispensing.
- Safety Profile of IP
- Proper storage, dispensing, and handling of IP
- Proper IP destruction procedures
- Applicable State and Local Regulations
- When IP becomes compromised.
- Site Master Files
- Essential document checklist
- Administrative vs. Patient-related Essential Documents
- Source Documents and Case Report Forms
- Monitoring Visits
- Monitoring Plan
- Source Data Verification
- Interim Monitoring Visits
- Risk-Based Monitoring Approaches
- Monitoring letters
- Protocol Deviations and Violations
- Data Queries and Corrections
- Misconduct and Fraud
- Study Close-Out Procedures
- Communication to Participants
- Communication to IRB
- Communication to Sponsor/CRO
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