Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Research
Post Graduate Diploma
In New Delhi
Description
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Type
Post Graduate Diploma
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Location
New delhi
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Duration
6 Months
Post Graduate diploma in clinical research with our Training helps the student to enter into the clinical research field with good salary package.
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Subjects
- BPharma
- B.Sc. Life Science
- Graduate in Medicine
- B.Sc. Nursing
- Clinical Research
- Clinical Trial
- Pharmacology
- Ethics
- Protocol
- Monitoring
Teachers and trainers (1)
Dr. Nidhi Verma
Faculty
Course programme
Module 1. INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL RESEARCH
Terminologies and definition in Clinical Research:
Clinical research/ Clinical trial, Adverse event, blinding, Randomization, Bios, Case Report form, Informed Consent Process, Essential Document, Good clinical practice, Investigator, Monitoring, Protocol, Investigator Brochure, Source document, Pre-Clinical Studies, Safety reporting etc.
Origin of Clinical Research and Historical Breakthroughs in Clinical Research
Historical perspective of clinical research and the significance; Discussion on the following incidences.
- Nazi war crime trials,
- Japan's war crime trial,
- Tuskegee syphilis studies,
- Sulphonilamide tragedy,
- Thalidomide disaster,
- TGN 1412
Difference between Clinical Research and Clinical Practice
Types of Clinical Research
Classification of clinical research and the significance
Phases of clinical research
- Phase I- Human Pharmacology studies,
- Phase II- Exploratory trial,
- Phase III- Confirmatory trial,
- Phase IV- Post marketing Surveillance.
Special types of clinical trial
- Geriatric trials,
- Pediatric trials,
- Trial on pregnant woman,
- Quality of life trials,
- Pharmacogenomic trials,
- Pharmacoeconomic trial.
Scope of Clinical Research Indsutry
- The current scenario and prospect of global clinical research industry and its scope
- India as a Clinical research Hub
- Careers prospects in Clinical Research
MODULE 2: PHARMACOLOGY AND DRUG DEVELOPMENT
INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY
Definitions:
Drug, Pharmacology, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, Therapeutics, Toxicology, Chemotherapy, Pharmacoepidemiology, Agonist, Antagonist, Receptors, Bioavailability, Area under curve (AUC), Bioequivalence, Chemiequivalence, Therapeutic equivalence, ADME ( Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, Excretion.)
Pharmacokinetics:
Routes of Drug Administration, advantages and disadvantages, Bioavailability and Bioequivalence (Definitions, Types Factors affecting bioavailability), Significance of BA-BE studies in Clinical Trial.
Pharmacodynamics:
Drug receptors and Modes of drug action
Factors modifying drug action
Adrenergic and Cholinergic drugs
Definitions, Classification and Significance/ uses.
THE DRUG DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
- Drug Discovery: Sources of drug, Drug targets, Target identification, Target validation, Lead identification and lead optimization
- Bioassays and bioanalytic techniques: Different types of Bioassays and their significance; bioanalytical techniques- HPLC, chromatography etc.
- Preformulation and formulation and development Studies: Drug Stability studies, Structure activity relationship (SAR), Dosage form considerations- Different types of dosage forms.
- Preclinical Studies: Animal models and toxicity studies- Acute, Sub-acute, repeated dose, male and female reproductive system, Local toxicity studies, allergenicity and genotoxicity studies, determination of first human dose.
- Clinical development: Phases of clinical research- Phase I, Phase II, Phase III and Phase IV of clinical trials, IND and NDA submissions.
MODULE 3: ETHICS AND GUIDELINES IN CLINICAL RESEARCH
ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN CLINICAL RESEARCH
- Historical guidelines: Nuremberg code, Declaration of Helsinki and Belmont report
- Ethics Committee: Institutional Review Board (IRB), Independent Ethics Committee (IEC), Composition, Requirements, Operations and Functions
- Ethical guideline for biomedical research: ICMR guidelines on human subjects- statement of principles for scientific research on human subjects.
GUIDELINES IN CLINICAL RESEARCH
- International Conference on Harmonization (ICH): Brief history, Structure, Steering Committee, Harmonization Process, ICH finalized Guidelines
- ICH GCP Guidelines
- Indian GCP Guidelines
- ICMR Guidelines for Biomedical Research on Human subjects.
MODULE 4. REGULATIONS IN CLINICAL RESEARCH
- Historical Regulations in Clinical Research and their significance: Nuremberg code, Belmont Report, Declaration of Helsinki
- FDA- Codes of Federal Regulations, IND, NDA and ANDA Requirements
- Indian Regulatory system: DCGI and Schedule Y
- Introduction to other Regulatory Authorities: EMEA, EU, MHRA, TGA, etc.
MODULE 5: CLINICAL TRIAL MANAGEMENT
SPONSOR/CRO/SMO/SITE
Project Management:
- Preparation of a clinical study: Trial Study design- Elements of trial design, Cross over and parallel study design, Randomization and Blinding, Designing a multicentre trial, Protocol - Definition and purpose of protocol, Writing a Protocol, Protocol amendment, Case Report Form (CRF) - Need of CRF, Designing a CRF, Informed Consent Form (ICF) - Designing, Ethical consideration in Informed consent process, Investigator's Brochure (IB)
- Budgeting In Clinical Research
- Outsourcing in Clinical research: Contract Research Organizations (CRO), Site Management Organizations (SMO) and other vendors' roles and responsibilities
- Investigator and Site Selection
- Clinical Trial Supplies (CTS)
Site Management:
- Ethical and Regulatory Submissions
- Recruitment and Retention of Study subjects
- Monitoring Visits (Pre-study Site visit, Initiation Visit, Routine monitoring visit, Interim monitoring visit and Site Close out Visit or Termination)
- Investigators Meeting
- Documentation in clinical research- Investigator site file, Source documents, Regulatory binders, Central Investigator file, Trial master file, Essential documents, appearance and contents etc.
- Adverse Event, Safety Reporting and Pharmacovigillance
- Training in clinical research
Project Auditing
- Audit and Inspection in Clinical Research: Definition, Types and Significance of Audits, Audits trails, Inspections by regulatory authorities- FDA Inspection
- Errors, Misconduct And Fraud In Clinical Research: Definitions, Types and differences among error, misconduct and fraud; the rectification
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF CLINICAL RESEARCH PROFESSIONALS
- Sponsor: Sponsor perspective, Monitoring
- Investigator: Site perspective
- CRA (Monitor)- Job description in entry and advanced level
- CRC
- Responsibilities of other staffs
MODULE 6: AN INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL DATA MANAGEMENT
Concept of clinical data, Data entry methods, Data validation techniques, Quality control in data management, data base management, data conciliation, Data lock; eCRF; an introduction of tools and Software used in clinical data management. Statistical Tools Used in Clinical Research
Basic Issues in clinical trial design, the role of Biostatistician, Concept of sample and population, distribution of samples, sampling, sample size and power calculation; standard errors, type I and type II errors, intervals, hypothesis testing- p values, t tests and chi squared tests.
Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Research