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Clinical Trials Legislation - preparing for the revision of the European Directive Scheduled for 2011.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20854751     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The aim of the Round Table was to make recommendations with regard to the imminent revision of the European Directive on clinical drug trials (2001/20/CE). While recognising the importance of compliance with this Directive, which is not optimal in some member states of the European Union, it would be constructive to simplify further and harmonise its application in every country. Without necessarily resorting to a revision, some of the Directive's dispositions could be improved, such as the definition of "investigational medicinal products" (IMP) and what should be considered as "substantial amendements", as well as harmonising and improving the way in which Ethics Committees are run, either on a European Commission level, or by relying more on the European Network of Research Ethics Committees (EUREC) which already exists in several European member states. Other points in the Directive do require revision, especially those relating to: the definition of the respective roles of Ethics Committees and Competent Authorities, the simplification of safety information to Ethics Committees (giving them access to the Eudravigilance database for adverse reactions occurring during clinical trials and providing them with only new safety issues or with a summary of the Annual Safety Report), the possibility of one single European authorisation for the trial, centralised and/or decentralised, when the trial is multinational. The recommended changes could be made within the scope of a European Regulation, avoiding the need to transpose it at a later date into each country's regulations, which is a source of possible lack of harmonisation. More specifically, for trials with institutional sponsors and/or investigator driven trials such as "drug therapy strategy trials", modulating restrictions according to the "risk added by the research" would enable the trial's organisation to be simplified regarding monitoring, adverse reactions reporting and study drugs labelling.
Authors:
Pascal Bilbault; Chantal Belorgey; Faiez Zannad; Danielle Golinelli; Yannick Pletan;
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Review     Date:  2010-09-21
Journal Detail:
Title:  Thérapie     Volume:  65     ISSN:  0040-5957     ISO Abbreviation:  Therapie     Publication Date:    2010 Jul-Aug
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-09-21     Completed Date:  2010-12-10     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0420544     Medline TA:  Therapie     Country:  France    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng; fre     Pagination:  301-8, 291-9     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
© 2010 Société Française de Pharmacologie et de Thérapeutique.
Affiliation:
Laboratoire Boehringer Ingelheim, Reims, France. pascal.bilbault@boehringer-ingelheim.com
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Clinical Trials as Topic / ethics,  legislation & jurisprudence*
Drug Industry
Ethics Committees, Research / legislation & jurisprudence
Europe
European Union
Guidelines as Topic
Humans
Legislation, Drug
Risk
Investigator
Investigator/Affiliation:
Michel Abiteboul / ; Delphine Bertram / ; Catherine Cornu / ; Olivier Chassany / ; Jacques Demotes-Mainard / ; Jean-Paul Demarez / ; Vincent Diebolt / ; Claude Dubray / ; Mats Ericson / ; Elisabeth Frija Orvoen / ; François Hirsch / ; Yves Juillet / ; Véronique Lamarque / ; Rémi Le Coent / ; Christian Libersa / ; Christine Marey / ; Brigitta Marchenay / ; Armelle Mijonnet / ; Valérie Plattner / ; Anne Raison / ; Patrick Rossignol / ; Philippe Rusch / ; Claire Sibenaler / ; Tabassome Simon /

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