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Investigator Site Audits and GCP Compliance
• Shehnaz Vakharia• Principal Consultant• Theraverity
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Background
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Audits
Investigator Site
Systems
Investigato
r site
audits
Where do we stand ?
Awareness Vs Documented Training
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Awareness
ICH GCP
Schedule Y
CDSCO GCP
Investigato
r sites a
udited
Awareness / Documented Training
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Documented Training
ICH GCP
Schedule Y
CDSCO GCP
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r sites a
udited
Institutional Ethics Committee Vs Independent Ethics Committee
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Hospitals Clinics
Institutional EC
Independent EC
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r sites
Ethics Committee compliance to Schedule Y requirements
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Chairman Members Quorum CTA
Institutional EC
Investigato
r site
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Ethics Committee
Compliance to EC requirements
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Annual
Reports
SAEs SAE Other
Investigator
Investigator
Sponsor / CRO
Investigato
r sites
During Study
SOP & Compliance
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Ethics
Committees
Investigator
Sites
SOPs
SOP compliance
Investigato
r sites
SOP Training
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Ethics Committees Investigator Sites
SOPs
Investigato
r sites
Inherent Issues
Lack of Past Medical Records
Inherent Issues
Documentation Practice & Data Reliability
Documentation Practice
Changes
File Notes
Inadvertently!!!!!!
Insertions
Cancellations
Back-dating
Documentation Issues
The source document and the CRF showed the test was performed on 06-Jul-09
The film of the scan however, showed
that the scan had been performed on
08-Jul-09
The subject had been source verified!!!!!!
Source data supporting the Inclusion Criteria
Documentation Issues
Qualifying ECG in a Cardiology study
Documentation Issues
Report supporting the primary efficacy parameters of the study
Documentation Issues
CRF had recorded the initial lesion measurement
Ethics Committee-Documentation Issues
Version numbers and Version dates
Date of signatures
Different letters issued on same dates
Missing links
Registration System
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Institution Private Clinics
In-patientRegistration
OPD Registration
Routine Follow-up Visits
Clinical TrialFollow-upIn
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Unique Identifier
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Institution Private Clinics
In-patientRegistration
OPD Registration
Routine Follow-up Visits
Clinical TrialFollow-up
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gato
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ited
Practically impossible to cross check past visits
Temperature Monitoring Documentation
Do we identify the storage location on the Temperature Monitoring Logs ?
Do we identify the monitoring device on the Temperature Monitoring Logs ?
Calibration of Temperature Monitoring Device?
Sample Storage & Documentation
Do we have systems, processes & documentation for collection of clinical laboratory samples?
Do we have systems, processes & documentation for storage of clinical laboratory samples?
Do we have documentation of shipment of clinical laboratory samples?
FacilityIn
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r sites
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Storage Archival Power Back-
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Fire
Protection
Institutions
Clinics
Calibration Records
Filed in the Investigator Site File? Yes
Comparable to the instruments? Not always
HOWEVER, ON A POSITIVE NOTE…..
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US FDA Inspection
US FDA Inspections -India
Investi
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INDIA
US FDA Inspection Results
09 of 17 Investigator Sites had ‘NAI’
No Action Indicated. No objectionable conditions or practices were
found during the inspection.
07 of 17 Investigator Sites had ‘VAI’Voluntary Action Indicated. Objectionable conditions were found but the problems do not justify further regulatory action. Any corrective action is left to the investigator to take voluntarily.
01 of 17 Investigator Sites had ‘VAI2’No response requested.
None of them resulted in ‘OAI’
US FDA Inspection Results
Deficiency codes
04: Inadequate drug accountability
05: Failure to follow investigational plan
06: Inadequate and inaccurate records 0
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US FDA Inspection
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Deficiency Code
If we are able to overcome our documentation deficiencies we can
certainly take clinical research in India to a different level!!
Thank You
