Glossary ICH E6(R2) Flashcards
Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR)
New medicinal product
all noxious and unintended responses to a medicinal product related to any dose
Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR)
marketed medicinal products
a response to a drug which is noxious and unintended and which occurs at doses normally used in people for prophylaxis, diagnosis, or therapy of diseases or for modification of physiological function
Adverse Event (AE)
Any untoward medical occurrence which does not necessarily have a causal relationship with the treatment.
Protocol Amendment
A written description of a change(s) to or formal clarification of a protocol.
Applicable Regulatory Requirement(s)
Any law(s) and regulation(s) addressing the conduct of clinical trials of investigational products.
IRB Approval
The affirmative decision of the IRB that the clinical trial has been reviewed and may be conducted at the institution site within the constraints set forth by the IRB, the institution, Good Clinical Practice (GCP), and the applicable regulatory requirements.
Audit
A systematic and independent examination of trial related activities and documents to determine whether activities were conducted and the data were managed according to the protocol, sponsor’s SOPs, GCP and applicable regulatory requirement(s).
Audit Certificate
A declaration of confirmation by the auditor that an audit has taken place
Audit Report
A written evaluation by the sponsor’s auditor of the results of the audit.
Audit Trail
Documentation that allows reconstruction of the course of events.
Blinding/Masking
A procedure in which one or more parties to the trial are kept unaware of the treatment assignment(s).
Single-blinding
Subjects are unaware of the treatment assignment
double-blinding
subject(s), investigator(s), monitor, and, in some cases, data analyst(s) are unaware of the treatment assignment(s)
Case Report Form (CRF)
A printed, optical, or electronic document designed to record all of the protocol required information to be reported to the sponsor on each trial subject.
Clinical Trial/Study
Any investigation in human subjects intended to discover or verify:
- -the effects of an investigational product(s)
- -and/or to identify any adverse reactions to an investigational product(s)
- -and/or to study the safety and/or efficacy of an investigational product(s)
Clinical Trial/Study Report
A written description of a trial of any therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic agent conducted in human subjects, in which the clinical and statistical description, presentations, and analyses are fully integrated into a single report
Comparator (Product)
An investigational or marketed product (i.e., active control), or placebo, used as a reference in a clinical trial.
Compliance
Adherence to all the trial-related requirements, Good Clinical Practice (GCP) requirements, and the applicable regulatory requirements.
Confidentiality
Prevention of disclosure, to other than authorized individuals, of a sponsor’s proprietary information or of a subject’s identity.
Contract
A written, dated, and signed agreement between two or more involved parties.
Coordinating Committee
A committee that a sponsor may organize to coordinate the conduct of a multicentre trial.
Coordinating Investigator
An investigator assigned the responsibility for the coordination of investigators at different centres participating in a multicentre trial.
Contract Research Organization (CRO)
A person or an organization (commercial, academic, or other) contracted by the sponsor to perform one or more of a sponsor’s trial-related duties and functions.
Direct Access
Permission to examine, analyze, verify, and reproduce any records and reports that are important to evaluation of a clinical trial.
Documentation
All records, in any form, that describe or record the methods, conduct, and/or results of a trial, the factors affecting a trial, and the actions taken.
Essential Documents
Documents which individually and collectively permit evaluation of the conduct of a study and the quality of the data produced
Good Clinical Practice (GCP)
A standard for the design, conduct, performance, monitoring, auditing, recording, analyses, and reporting of clinical trials that provides assurance that the data and reported results are credible and accurate, and that the rights, integrity, and confidentiality of trial subjects are protected.
IDMC, DSMB, DSMC
An independent data-monitoring committee that may be established by the sponsor to assess at intervals the progress of a clinical trial, the safety data, and the critical efficacy endpoints, and to recommend to the sponsor whether to continue, modify, or stop a trial.