By Ashley Henderson, PhD, CATO SMS Scientist 1.0 INTRODUCTION The COVID‑19 pandemic has added an unprecedented set of challenges to the conduct of clinical trials including quarantines, travel limitations, site closures, and interruptions in the supply chain of investigational products. In acknowledgement of these challenges, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recognizes that protocol modifications …
Category Archive: Clinical Trials
Apr 24 2019
New FDA Guidance on Natural History Studies for Rare Diseases
In a recent Ask Cato blog post, I summarized a revised FDA guidance issued in January 2019, Rare Diseases: Common Issues in Drug Development.1 The guidance covers a range of topics, including the use of surrogate biomarkers, nonclinical flexibility, and natural history studies, to assist sponsors in conducting more efficient drug development programs for rare …
Mar 12 2019
Lets talk about Patient Engagement
Why does everyone talk about “Patient Engagement” in clinical trials? By Shirley Greenfeld Senior Clinical Research Associate As trials are becoming longer and more expensive and many of them fail to meet their recruitment goal, patient engagement plays a key role in the success of a clinical trial. But what is exactly patient engagement and …
Feb 19 2019
Pharmacogenetics- Tailoring your product to fit the genes
Pharmacogenetics – Tailoring your product to fit the genes By Carron Sher, M.D. Senior Clinical Research Physician John received anti-malarial therapy and developed severe hemolytic anemia. He was diagnosed as having G6PD deficiency. Sally was started on warfarin and there was a problem in achieving the desired therapeutic response. She was diagnosed as having …
Feb 08 2019
Big Data, RWE, and AI Made Simple
By Hadas Jacoby Adani, Marketing Manager, Israel, Cato Research Technology is slowly but surely penetrating the healthcare industry in general and the clinical trials sector in particular. New and advanced solutions offer a variety of possibilities aimed to both improving existing processes and creating new and more efficient ones. And on top of all stands …
Dec 04 2018
Civil Money Penalties Relating to the ClinicalTrials.gov Data Bank
By Denis Okumu, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow at Cato Research Ltd Civil Money Penalties Relating to the ClinicalTrials.gov Data Bank Section 801 of the Food and Drug Administration Amendment Act of 2007 (FDAAA) amended section 402(j) of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act[1] to require that responsible parties and/or submitters of certain applications and submissions to …
Aug 09 2018
Medical Devices: Clinical Trials in South Africa – Part 1
By Nicola Main, Clinical Research Manager I, Clinical Trial Operations – Rest of World Cato Research Medical Device Workshop at MCC – 13/14 July 2017 – Summary for SACRA Members This workshop provided supporting information and explanation of items contained in the various guidelines regarding medical devices. These guidelines are in the process of being …
Jan 09 2017
New FDA Guidances for December 2016
By Joanne McNelis, Ph.D., Clinical Strategy Scientist at Cato Research FDA draft and final guidances, released from CDER, CBER, and CDRH in December 2016 are posted. In addition, upcoming advisory committee meetings are listed below with links to more information. Special Interest Guidances/Information Date Posted Electronic Drug Product Reporting for Human Drug Compounding Outsourcing Facilities …
Jan 04 2017
Transparency Initiatives at Health Canada
By Amelie Rodrigue-Way, Ph.D., RAC (CAN), Associate Director, Regulatory Strategy for Cato Research Canada. As part of the Regulatory Transparency and Openness Framework (http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/home-accueil/rto-tor/index-eng.php), Health Canada has committed to provide greater transparency and openness to further strengthen trust in their regulatory decisions. The Framework will: Help Canadians to better understand how and why decisions are …
Oct 12 2016
New FDA Guidances for September 2016
By Sheila R. Plant, Ph.D., R.A.C., Regulatory Scientist at Cato Research FDA draft and final guidances, released from CDER, CBER, and CDRH in September 2016, are posted. In addition, upcoming advisory committee meetings to be held in the next month are listed below with links to more information. Special Interest Guidances/Information Date Posted Q7 …
