Professional Documents
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Monday November 16 7.30 8.30 Registration, distribution of course materials, breakfast National Labor College
Welcome.
8.45 9.15
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A vision for the future of clinical investigators in a new world of IT, biological science and communications
What is a biologic?- differences between biologics and drugs Challenges in the development of biologics Vaccines- a different paradigm for efficacy evaluation Manufacturing concerns and biosimilars Warnings from the past (examples)- predicting the dangers of biologics
11.00 11.40
Informed consent and ethical considerations in clinical trials Overview of the FDA Guidance Process
TBA
11.40 12.00
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Lunch
1.00 1.30
CMC and the investigator brochure (Drugs): Ensuring the quality of a drug being used in a clinical trial
What CMC concerns affect the efficacy of a drug? examples What CMC concerns affect the safety of a drug? examples Stability and shelf life- how do we determine shelf life? What happens to drugs that exceed their shelf lives? Examples How are the specs for quality selected What are impurities? Examples. What clinical problems do impurities cause? Examples What is chemical equivalence? Define drug product and drug substance Overview of the production and manufacturing of investigational drugs Drug patents-how long do they last? What do they protect? Sterility of injectables
1.30 - 2.00
2.00 2.45
Pharmacotoxicology in the Investigator Brochure: In vitro data, genotoxicity, carcinogenicity, mutagenicity Ames test etc Clinical examples correlating these test with adverse drug reactions What is the standard battery of animal testing? How many species are tested. Strengths and weaknesses of animal testing in the prediction of human safety. Examples of species specific issues- e.g. rabbits and quinolones Preclinical device testing Animal models: what they mean for man
Converting doses between species Differences in drug metabolism between animals and man Differences in drug absorption between animals and man Examples where animals failed to correlate with human outcomes Animal mysteries- phopholipoidosis Models of efficacy Models of safety
2.45 3.00
Break
3.00 3.30
How to do a clinical study under IND regulationsadvice for new investigators How do we move into first in human trials?
3.30 - 4.15
Clinical pharmacology 1: What to look for in drugs being studied in Phase 1 studies and Early Drug development
Selecting the first human dose? Dose escalation, examples Repeat dosing, Examples ADME, drug distribution and penetration Drug elimination, accumulation p450 and drug metabolism Drug absorption, food, grapefruit juice (Routes of adinistration)
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Tuesday November 17 8.00 9.00 Review of Phase 1 Case Studies (1) Original IND Pharm/Tox issue (2) TGN1412. Session 3. The Clinical Trial Protocol 9.00 10.00 The design of clinical trials (Part I):
The folly of clinical anecdotes Standards of evidence and the RCT Basic concepts of trial design Sample size/Power Inclusion/exclusion criteria, enrichment Blinding
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Issues in Clinical Trial Designs for Diagnostics and Combination Products The analysis of investigator data, sources of bias and error
Superiority versus non-inferiority How noisy data supports to non-inferiority conclusions whereas precise data supports superiority-examples Getting comfortable with a NI margin-examples Subgroups and post hoc analyses Missing data-imputing data Loss to follow up
2.45 3.00
Break
Session 4. Safety of Clinical Trials and Special Populations 3.00 3.45 General issues in the Safety of Clinical Trials General principles: Frequent vs. infrequent Common vs. rare Attributability/backgrounds Toxicity scales Factorial designs Limitations of clinical trials to assess safety Differences in safety across trial types Can proper safety assessment in clinical trials affect the later withdrawal of drugs Personalized/Genomics and safety in clinical trials. Mwango Kashoki, MD (CDER)
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Special populations and special considerations in Clinical Trials: Children, Elderly, Pregnant Women Distribute Case Study Assignments/Adjourn
5.00
Wednesday November 18 8.00 9.00 Review of Case Studies (1) Spinal filler non-inferiority study (2) Cardiovascular endpoints/antiplatelet or plavix 9.00 9.30 Special safety concerns: CV safety issues: QT prolongation and valvulopathy. Special safety concerns: hepatotoxicity and life cycle safety analysis (including hepatic biomarkers). Break Discussants: 1. Ryan Kretzer, MD (CDRH) 2. Stephen Grant, MD (CDER) Norman Stockbridge, MD (CDER)
9.30 10.00
10.00 10.20
Ensuring the safety of clinical trials: AE reporting, DSMBs, IRBs Safety panel discussion/Q & A
Session 5. Non-FDA Perspectives on Clinical Trials 11.30 - 12.15 A Pharmaceutical Industry Perspective on the Clinical Investigators Role in Drug Development. Lunch A Patient Advocates Perspective on Clinical Trials Personal experience Different types of trial- cancer versus headaches Exclusion criteria Informed consent Use of placebos Invasive procedures e.g. liver biopsy Privacy Retention and loss to follow up, sticks and carrots Patient reported outcomes What happens when the trial ends Patients say in the clinical trial design Session 6. Post Approval Activities and Future Developments 1.45 2.30 Beyond phase 3: Postmarket Safety Surveillance: A Medical Device Perspective What are the different types of postmarket surveillance When are postmarket studies needed When should physicians report an adverse event or device malfunction to FDA Thomas Gross, MD (CDRH) Marty Holland Briggs Morrison, MD (Pfizer)
2.30 3.15
New technologies: Genomics, proteonomics metabolomics, microarrays Impact on study inclusion exclusion criteria Impact on study endpoints Personalized medicine Wrap Up and Adjourn
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