SOCRA Audits, Monitoring, and Inspections 3

Question 1

Which ICH E6(R2) principle specifically addresses the need for a systematic, independent examination of trial-related activities to evaluate whether they were conducted according to the protocol?

Accepted Answer

Audit

Answer

Risk management

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Inspection

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Quality assurance

Question 2

A sponsor is implementing Risk-Based Monitoring (RBM). Which factor would MOST likely increase the frequency of on-site monitoring for a particular site?

Accepted Answer

The site has a high rate of protocol deviations and late adverse event reporting

Answer

The site has enrolled fewer than average subjects

Answer

The site has a consistently low query rate

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The PI has more than 10 years of clinical trial experience

Question 3

During source data verification (SDV), the CRA finds that a lab value recorded in the CRF is different from the value in the laboratory report. This is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A data discrepancy requiring a query

Answer

A protocol deviation

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An adverse event

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A serious breach

Question 4

When an FDA inspector issues a Form FDA 483, what does this document represent?

Accepted Answer

Inspectional observations of conditions that may constitute violations

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A formal warning letter requiring immediate corrective action

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A notice that the trial has been placed on clinical hold

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Approval of the site's corrective action plan

Question 5

A CRA is conducting centralized (remote) monitoring and notices that a site has an unusually low screen failure rate compared to all other sites. This pattern should trigger:

Accepted Answer

A risk signal investigation that may prompt a for-cause audit

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An immediate protocol amendment

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A data query to the site about their screening process

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IRB notification within 24 hours

Question 6

According to ICH E6(R2), the sponsor's audit function must be independent of:

Accepted Answer

Clinical monitoring and trial management

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The IRB and ethics committee

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The regulatory affairs department

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The data management team

Question 7

What is 'source data' as defined under ICH E6(R2)?

Accepted Answer

All information in original records and certified copies used to reconstruct and evaluate the trial

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Only electronic records generated by laboratory equipment

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The CRF data entered by the site coordinator

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Sponsor-held regulatory documents