Clinical Research

Clinical Research

Programme Modules

  • Clinical Research Industry
  • Difference between Clinical Research and Clinical Trials
  • Clinical Research Terminologies
  • General Medical Terminologies

  • Basics of Pharmacology
  • Pharmacodynamics
  • Pharmacokinetics
  • Routes of Administration
  • Dosage forms

  • Drug discovery
  • Target Identification
  • Lead Identification
  • Lead Optimization
  • Preclinical studies

  • Evolution of Ethical and Regulatory Framework
  • Nuremberg Code, 1946
  • Declaration of Helsinki
  • Thalidomide Tragedy
  • Belmont Report
  • Schedule Y, Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1945

  • History of ICH
  • ICH Guidelines
  • ICH GCP- E6 R2
  • ICMR Ethical Guidelines
  • Ethics on use of Placebo in Clinical Trials

  • CDSCO, India
  • ICMR, India
  • USFDA, USA
  • EMEA, Europe
  • MHRA, UK
  • TGA, Australia

  • Investigator
  • Sponsor
  • Contract Research Organization (CRO)
  • Clinical Research Coordinator (CRC)
  • Clinical Research Associate (CRA)

  • Defining the Research Problem
  • Sampling Design
  • Hypothesis testing
  • Parametric and Non parametric test
  • Scientific Writing

  • Diagnostic and Treatment Trials
  • Interventional and Observational studies
  • Case control and Cohort studies
  • Randomized controlled trials
  • Quasi experiments

  • Essential Documents before, during and after the trial_ICH GCP
  • Protocol
  • Informed Consent Documents
  • Investigator’s Brochure
  • Case Report Form
  • Clinical Study Report

  • Introduction to data management
  • Electronic Data Records
  • E-CRF & Interactive Web Response Systems
  • Database locking and unlocking
  • Good Documentation Practices

  • Adverse Drug Reaction
  • Serious Adverse Events (SAE)
  • SAE Reporting timelines
  • Pharmacovigilance methods
  • Signal Detection and Data Mining
  • PvPI
  • Risk Management Plan

  • Introduction to Quality Management System
  • Quality Assurance
  • Quality Control
  • Audits and Inspection
  • Types of Audits
  • General Audit Observations

  • Pharmacoepidemiology- Methods
  • Clinical Application of Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Principles of pharmacoeconomic analysis
  • Pharmaceutical Outcomes evaluations

  • Medical Devices Rules, 2017
  • Classification of Medical Devices
  • Materiovigilance
  • Phases of Medical Device Clinical Trials

  • Case reports
  • Article writing
  • Designing Clinical Trial protocol
  • CRF Designing
  • Informed Consent Documents
  • Clinical Study Reports

  • E-Consent (Audio visual consent)
  • E-Patient Reported Outcomes (e-PRO)
  • IWRS
  • Telemedicine
  • Patient e Diaries
  • Remote Patient Monitoring

  • ICH-GCP_E6 R3
  • NDCT Rules: 2019 & its Amendment (2023)
  • ICMR-HMSC
  • Recent CDSCO Notices
  • NABH Ethics Committee Standards, etc.