Drug Development Process
Subject Safety First
My Research Site
Clinical Trial Terminology
Mixed Bag
100

Around 20-80 healthy volunteers are used in this study phase.

What is a Phase 1 study?

100

This subject specific log is used to document specific information about an untoward medical occurrence. 

What is an adverse event log?

100

On page 2 of this regulatory document, there is a list commitments a principal investigator must follow to lead a clinical investigation.

What is a Form FDA 1572?

100

This live document is constantly updated with new study drug information.

What is an investigator’s brochure? 

100

The benefits should always outweigh this.

What are risks?

200


A new drug or treatment that is given to larger group (100-300) to determine its effectiveness and safety.


What is a Phase II clinical trial?

200

Two lists of requirements that should and should not be met by a potential study subject.

What is inclusion and exclusion criteria?

200

This form used to document the study team members roles and responsibilities at the clinical research site.  

What is a Delegation of Authority (DOA) Log?

200
This multi-page document is considered to be the blueprint for the clinical trial.

What is a protocol?

200

A pivotal event in American history which drew attention for the need to have guidelines protecting humans in research.

What is the Tuskegee Experiment?

300

A new drug or treatment given to large group of people (1000-3000) to confirm effectiveness, monitor side effects, and compares with similar treatments

What is a phase III trial?

300

Once a principal investigator learns of a serious adverse event (SAE), this much time is given to report the SAE to the sponsor.

What is 24 hours?

300

The third party organization selected by the sponsor that ensure the study is safe and ethical.

What is an Institutional Review Board?

300

A two part process involving the research staff presenting and explaining key information about the research study to a potential subject.

What is the Informed Consent Process?

300

This is the physician that pioneered the conduct of clinical trials.

Who is James Lind?

400

In this study design, both the subjects and the experimenters are kept in the dark to prevent bias.

What is a double-blind study?

400

This form is used to report serious adverse events to the FDA.

What is a Form FDA 3500A?

400

This position involves consenting, creating source documents, performing data entry, maintaining the regulatory binder and lab processing.

What is a study coordinator? 

400

The subject is ____ when asking to be removed from the study.

What is withdrawing consent?

400

This provides public assurance that the rights, safety and well-being of human subjects involved in research are protected.

What are good clinical practices?

500

The drug sponsor formally asks FDA to approve a drug for marketing in the United States by submitting a _________.

What is a New Drug Application (NDA)?

500

This report has a 5 letter acronymn and is used inform the FDA adverse reactions that are unexpected, serious and not listed in the investigators brochure.

What is a Suspected Unexpected Serious Adverse Reaction report?

500

This person is ultimately responsible for the conduct of the trial at their site. 

What is a principal investigator?

500

When sponsors conduct clinical trials, they are always testing for safety and ______.

What is efficacy?

500

This group periodically reviews clinical study data throughout the trial for safety purposes. 

What is the data safety monitoring board (DSMB)?