This book will explore the great opportunities and challenges which exist in conducting clinical trials in developing countries. By exploring the various regulations specific to the major players and providing insight into the logistical challenges including language barriers, this book provides a working tool for clinical researchers and administrators to navigate the intricacies of clinical trials in developing countries. Important topics such as ethical issues will be handled very carefully to highlight the significant differences of conducting this work in various jurisdictions. Overall, it will present a clear and comprehensive guide to the ins-and-outs of clinical trials in various countries to assist in design, development, and effectiveness of these trials.
- Contributors include high-profile, respected figures who have paved the way for clinical trials in developing countries
- Provides hands-on tools for regulatory and legal requirements and qualification, design, management, and reporting
- Case studies outline successes, failures, lessons learned and prospects for future collaboration
- Includes country-specific guidelines for the most utilized countries
- Foreword by David Feigel, former Head of CDRH at FDA
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Table of Contents
Section I: Overview Chapter 1 Background Chapter 2: Ethics Chapter 3: Regulatory and Legal Requirements Chapter 4: United States Regulations Chapter 5: Indian Regulations Chapter 6: Chinese Regulations Chapter 7: African Regulations Chapter 8: Middle Eastern Regulations Chapter 9: Southeast Asian Regulations Chapter 10: South American Regulations Chapter 11: WHO and prequalification
Section II: Clinical Study and Logistics Chapter 12: Design of Clinical Trials Chapter 13: Study Management Chapter 14: CRO Qualification, Selection, and Management Chapter 15: Logistics Chapter 16: Partner Management Chapter 17: Site Selection and Capacity Building Chapter 18: Study Conduct and Monitoring Chapter 19: Data Collection and Management Section III: Special Considerations in Conducting Trials in Developing Countries Chapter 20: Conducting Studies in India Chapter 21: Conducting Studies in China Chapter 22: Conducting Studies in Africa Chapter 23: Conducting Studies in Eastern Europe Chapter 24: Vaccine Trials
Section IV: Analysis of Results Chapter 25: Basic Statistics Chapter 26: Data Analysis Chapter 27: Confounding, Interactions, and Multivariate Analysis Chapter 28: Common Misinterpretations Chapter 29: Regulatory Filings
Section V: Appendices Appendix A: Sample Protocol Appendix B: Sample Consent Form Appendix C: Sample Investigator's Brochure Appendix C: Sample Case Report Form Appendix D: Sample Statistical Analysis Plan Appendix D: ICH Guideline Appendix E: Glossary
Authors
Chin, Richard Richard Chin is the CEO of Institute for OneWorld Health, the first U.S. nonprofit pharmaceutical company and Associate Professor at UCSF School of Medicine. OneWorld Health develops affordable drugs for neglected patients in the developing world. Dr. Chin has extensive expertise in drug development, including over 45 INDs and almost a dozen drug registrations. His previous roles include CEO of a NASDAQ listed company, Senior Vice President of Global Development at Elan, and Head of Clinical Research for the Biotherapeutics Unit at Genentech. He was named by Businessweek in 2006 as one of the youngest 99 public company CEOs in the United States. Dr. Chin earned an M.D. from Harvard and the equivalent of a J.D. from Oxford, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar. Bairu, MenghisMenghis Bairu, M.D.-physician, editor, author, philanthropist and healthcare business executive-has more than two decades of international experience in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, global health and non-profit arenas. Dr. Bairu serves as Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Officer and Head of Global Development at Elan. His responsibilities include, but are not limited to clinical development, biometrics, regulatory, CMC, QA, safety-and-risk management, clinical operations and medical affairs. Previously he served as head of Onclave Therapeutics, a wholly Elan-owned oncology biotech company.
He lectures extensively on global health and biopharmaceutical issues with particular focus on Emerging Markets (e.g. India, China, Latin America, Singapore, Middle East, South East Asia and Africa). He served as editor and co-author of Global Clinical Trials: Effective Implementation and Management (Elsevier, 2011), a textbook designed to help researchers develop and implement effective and ethical international clinical trials. Dr. Bairu is also editor/co-author of Global Clinical Trials Playbook: Management and Implementation (Elsevier, 2012), and Global Clinical Trials for Alzheimer's Disease: Design, Implementation, and Standardization (Elsevier, 2013).
Prior to joining Elan, Dr. Bairu worked at Genentech for more than five years in a number of managed care, medical and commercial (Oncology, Immunology, and Cardiovascular) roles. He served as managed care Medical Director for Fremont Health Corporation/II before joining Genentech. He served on the board of directors for One World Health, a nonprofit drug development company funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and A-Cube, a privately held pharma startup.
In 2013, Dr. Bairu was named to the boards of directors of Dubai-based NewBridge Pharmaceuticals (he also serves as chairman of NewBridge's science and technology committee), and ADVentura Capital SL, a Barcelona, Spain-based venture capital firm focused on funding and mentoring promising healthcare, IT and GreenTech companies. In 2011, Dr. Bairu joined the advisory board of the China Trials 5, a global clinical trials development summit focusing on China and north Asia. He currently serves as Adjunct Faculty at the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine where he lectures on global clinical trials' design, development and conduct.
