Clinical Trials Monitoring

This course provides the foundation for monitoring clinical trials. Topics include roles and responsibilities of the sponsor and investigator site defined by the FDA and applied to monitoring activities from study start-up to completion. Study site selection, initiation, interim monitoring, and closeout procedures are reviewed. Regulatory documents, source documents, safety reporting of adverse events, study drug accountability, and compliance are reviewed. Principles of investigator grant budget, contract, and payment are also reviewed.