The Sourcebook for Clinical Research
A Practical Guide for Study Conduct
First Edition
Natasha Martien
Jeff Nelligan
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Dedication
This book is dedicated to my two beloved children, Dillon and Alexis, and to all of my wonderful friends in Annapolis who bring so much happiness into my life.
Natasha Martien
About the Authors
Natasha Martien , MBA, CCRP, SSBBP, CRCP, is a Human Subjects Research regulatory expert with 25 years of clinical research and healthcare management experience at institutes including Johns Hopkins Hospital, The Center for Cardiac and Vascular Research, and Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation. Martien has performed every operational role in clinical research at sites, including: training IRB members, Investigators, and Research Coordinators; regulatory management; working for an Office of Human Research Protections supporting an IRB; Research Coordination; writing and negotiating clinical trial agreements and budgets; financial management and billing; Coverage Analysis; CTMS acquisition; data analysis; credentialing; Quality Assurance; writing consent forms and study materials; compliance; advertising and recruiting; and the creation of a Clinical Trials Office. Martien has conducted and managed Investigator-Initiated, Industry- and Grant-funded studies in 24 medical disciplines and for a wide variety of study types, such as INDs, IDEs, biologics, stem cells, behavioral, pilot, observational, chart reviews, and clinical trial Phases IIV.
Jeff Nelligan , J.D., is a Washington, D.C.-based executive with extensive healthcare oversight, regulatory, and finance experience in three Federal Cabinet agencies and in the Legislative branch, including: as a Director at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; as a Managing Director at the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO); and as a senior staffer for three Members of Congress in the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives. He is a graduate of Williams College and Georgetown University Law Center.
Preface
Natasha Martien ; Jeff Nelligan
Why This Book?
Despite more than $40 billion in annual funding for clinical trials worldwide, there is no comprehensive book for investigators, institutions, and research organizations which covers beginning, intermediate, and advanced topics in clinical research. And yet, a single study is invariably complex, with numerous federal regulations, administrative processes, medical procedures, time windows, and specific protocol instructions to follow.
This book provides a succinct, useful, and up-to-date roadmap to guide research professionals step-by-step through the clinical trial and clinical research labyrinth. Moreover, The Sourcebook is written in such a way as to be understood by a Ph.D., an M.D., nurse, research coordinator, pharmacist, institutional administrator, IRB members, data analysts, and back-office research support personnel.
The Sourcebook for Clinical Research: A Practical Guide for Study Conduct has the largest clinical research glossary of any website available today, and has more than 30 Appendix items, including templates, forms, checklists, and diagrams that the reader can customize and download for immediate use. Website can be found at https://www.elsevier.com/books-and-journals/book-companion/ 9780128162422. Please note that the URL may change over time. For any updates, please see the books main webpage at the online Elsevier Store. In addition, this book provides knowledge and instruction on how to meet the demands of federal regulations in an urgent clinical situation.
Who IS This Book For?
- - Every member of an Investigative Team
- - Practitioners who desire to start working in research and have added a clinical trial to their practice but perhaps are not versed in the complexity of clinical trial regulations and project management;
- - Research professionals who want to have one source they can use in order to stay in compliance with clinical research conduct;
- - The seasoned Principal Investigator who occasionally needs answers to questions or/and needs guidance in advanced/complex topics;
- - Data Entry Specialists who need to understand the full scope of trials to better understand the context and importance of their data input;
- - Pharmacists who need understanding of research protocols and IND regulations;