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Sep 15 2017

News: How can “Quality by Design” make randomised trials better?

Two of the key principles behind MoreTrials to do more trials better can be summarised as “focus on those things that matter” and “one size does not fit all.” This is very similar to the concept of defining upfront what matters for each randomised trial at the heart of Quality by Design (QbD).

QbD defines trial quality as the avoidance of errors that matter to decision making with monitoring playing a central role in evaluation and improvement. Note that not everything matters only those errors that are identified upfront.

QbD is a proactive task. In simple terms, QbD identifies before the start of a trial those critical factors that affect quality and puts in place effective processes to monitor these factors during the course of the study and, where needed, take corrective action. This is done for each individual trial.

This individualised approach is in stark contrast to the one size fits all approach of most regulatory guidelines. By setting out detailed procedures that need to followed most guidelines, ICH-GCP is a good example of this, lack any real flexibility. By contrast, at MoreTrials we want to develop guidelines that focus on principles rather than process. At the level of the individual trial this allows for flexibility in how things get done. An example of this would be the contrast between setting out a principle in a guideline to “record informed consent” compared to an inflexible approach that stipulates the detailed process that needs to be followed in order to record informed consent.

Focusing guideline development on principles rather than detailed process allows for the flexibility that is part of the QbD approach. At the level of the individual trial this flexibility will allow more and better trials to be conducted.

For more information on Quality by Design visit the CTTI QbD pages that can be found here.

 

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Written by tim sprosen · Categorized: News Post

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