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New Governance Mechanisms to Optimize Protocol Design.

Kenneth A Getz¹, Jennifer Kim¹, Stella Stergiopoulos¹

¹1 Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA.

Therapeutic Innovation & Regulatory Science

|September 22, 2018

Summary

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Pharmaceutical companies are improving clinical trial protocol design by implementing new governance mechanisms to evaluate feasibility early. This study assesses the structure and impact of these innovative review processes in major drug development firms.

Keywords:

clinical data extraneous clinical data protocol complexity protocol design protocol feasibility

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Area of Science:

Drug development
Clinical trial management
Biotechnology research

Background:

Optimizing clinical trial protocol design is a key focus for pharmaceutical and biotechnology firms.
Emerging governance mechanisms aim to enhance protocol feasibility and streamline design prior to approval.

Purpose of the Study:

To assess the implementation and impact of new protocol feasibility governance mechanisms.
To provide detailed profiles of these mechanisms within 10 major pharmaceutical companies.

Main Methods:

Qualitative in-depth assessment conducted in late 2012.
Analysis of 10 major pharmaceutical companies that adopted new governance mechanisms since 2009.

Main Results:

Detailed company profiles covering committee missions, objectives, and positioning.
Analysis of composition, staffing, reporting, challenges, and impacts of feasibility review mechanisms.

Conclusions:

Governance mechanisms for protocol feasibility evaluation are being adopted by leading pharmaceutical companies.
These mechanisms aim to simplify protocol design and improve overall drug development efficiency.