GCP Training

What is GCP Training?

GCP is an international ethical and scientific quality standard for designing, conducting, recording, and reporting clinical trials involving human subjects.

Why GCP Training?

  1. Ethical Principles
    • Ensures clinical trials comply with ethical principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki and other key documents.
    • Safeguards participants’ rights and dignity.
  2. Quality and Credibility
    • Provides a framework for conducting trials that produce credible and accurate data.
    • Reduces errors and ensures consistency across studies.
  3. Regulatory Compliance
    • Compliance with GCP is mandatory for regulatory approval by agencies like the FDA, EMA, and others.
    • Non-compliance can lead to fines, disqualification, or invalidation of study results.

Core Principles of GCP

  1. Protection of Participants: The well-being of participants takes precedence over the interests of science or society.
  2. Informed Consent: Participants must provide voluntary and informed consent.
  3. Scientific Validity: Trials should be scientifically sound and described in a clear, detailed protocol.
  4. Oversight by IRB/IEC: Independent review boards (IRBs) or ethics committees (IECs) must oversee and approve the trial.
  5. Qualified Personnel: Investigators and staff must be appropriately qualified.
  6. Data Integrity: Accurate, complete, and verifiable data must be recorded.
  7. Compliance with Protocol: Trials must strictly adhere to the approved protocol.
  8. Risk-Benefit Assessment: Risks to participants must be minimized and justified by the anticipated benefits.

Course Highlights

Ideal For

Clinical research coordinators

Principal
investigators

Healthcare
professionals

Regulatory and ethics committee members