PVC Definitions Flashcards
What is Investigator Initiated Study (IIS):
A clinical study where we provides medicinal product and/or financial, or material support to an external Sponsor (i.e. researchers, collaborative groups, academic institutions) will be defined as a supported study
As a standing member of the Study Review Team (SRT), the PV Clinical Responsible is accountable for:
- Study Classification (i.e. Interventional/Non-Interventional)
- Review of protocol safety language / Safety Data Exchange Agreement (SDEA)
- Inclusion of Adverse Event of Special Interest (AESIs), as applicable
- Post Authorization Safety Study (PASS) assessment
- Oversight of safety reporting and CTV activities
What is CSM?
clinical study manager
What is PASS?
post-authorization safety study -study that is carried out after a medicine has been authorized to obtain further information on a medicine’s safety, or to measure the effectiveness of risk-management measures.
What is RSI?
reference safety information The RSI is used to determine the expectedness of a Serious Adverse Reaction (SAR). If the serious event is considered related to the investigational medicinal product (IMP) and the serious reaction is not included in the RSI, this becomes a SUSAR (Suspected Unexpected Serious Adverse Reaction) and has to be reported to the MHRA. Inclusion of a SAR as an expected event in the RSI needs to be accompanied by an assessment of the benefit-risk profile of the IMP and ongoing trials. The competent authority will then decide whether the list of expected reactions and associated risk minimization measures are acceptable.
What is IMP?
investigational medical product
What is SUSAR?
Suspected Unexpected Serious Adverse Reaction is the term used to refer to an adverse event that occurs in a clinical trial subject, which is assessed by the sponsor and or study investigator as being unexpected, serious and as having a reasonable possibility of a causal relationship with the study drug.
What is NDA
New drug application
What is IND?
Investigational New Drug submissions to FDA for drugs that are starting a new indication or investigation-
Name governing bodies
FDA, NIH, EMA, MHRA, WHO, PhrMA
What is IRB?
Investigational Review Board
What does IRB do?
The Institutional Review Board (IRB) responsibility of reviewing, prior to its initiation, all research (whether funded or not) involving human participants. The IRB is concerned with protecting the welfare, rights, and privacy of human subjects. The IRB has the authority to approve, exempt, disapprove, monitor, and require modifications in all research activities that fall within its jurisdiction as specified by both the federal regulations and institutional policy.
What is sponsored study?
Managed (or Sponsored/Roche initiated)- Roche itself raises the scientific question to be answered, Roche is responsible for the conduct of the trial;
* Interventional clinical trials
* Real world evidence (RWE) activities
What is supported study?
Funded ( or Supported/Investigator initiated): Roche provides money and/or free drugs to an investigator, or group of investigators, to help them conduct their own research
What is a mAB? monocolonial antibody?
man-made proteins that act like human antibodies in the immune system.
Does timing of covid vaccine and Ocrevus treatment matter?
Ocrevus may impact the effectiveness of non-live vaccines which is why vaccine should be given at least 2 weeks prior to first infusion
How do vaccines work?
Vaccines contain weakened or inactive parts of a particular organism (antigen) that triggers an immune response within the body.
Black box warning
Black box warnings—are required by (FDA) when a medication could cause illness or injury that may result in hospitalization or death. They may be part of the labeling when a drug is first marketed, or they may be added after information emerges from wider use of the drug or additional clinical trial data
Half life of Ocrevus
33 weeks
MOA of Ocrevus
MOA: Ocrelizumab selectively targets the CD20-positive B-cells by binding to the surface proteins of the cells and protecting the nerve cells from mediated damage
Ocrevus indication:
- Relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS), to include clinically isolated syndrome, relapsing-remitting disease, and active secondary progressive disease
- Primary progressive MS
Prior to initiation of ocrevus you must
hep B virus and quantitative serious immunoglobulin screen; pre-medication with methylpred; antihistamine prior to each infusion
Dose of ocrevus
300mg IV infusion; 2 weeks later 300mg then 600mg every 6 months