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Berkeley Global
This course offers a comprehensive overview to full data lifecycle from vendor selection and data management setup through data entry, review, cleanup, statistical analysis, and clinical study report (CSR) development vendor selection. Students will learn how sponsors and Clinical Research Organizations (CROs) strengthen regulatory compliance, how investigational sites prepare for audits, and what to expect during Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and global regulatory inspections, including potential findings and outcomes. Learners will gain practical experience identifying key components of data analysis plans (DAPs), understanding documentation workflows, and examining how clinical study reports and new drug applications (NDAs) are structured, compiled, and finalized.
Prerequisites:
Introduction to Clinical Research: Clinical Trial Phases and Design PB HLTH X400.2; Clinical Trial Planning: Protocol Development, Data Management and Clinical Site Activities PB HLTH X400.3; and Clinical Trial Implementation: Site Initiation, Subject Recruitment, Monitoring and Safety Reporting PB HLTH X400.4
Course Outline
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Course Objectives
- Describe how sponsors and CROs may improve regulatory compliance
- Describe how investigational sites may prepare for regulatory audits, the procedures to expect at an audit, the possible findings and outcomes
- Understand the role of project management in clinical research
- Understand the vendor selection process
- List the sections of a data analysis plan (DAP) and describe how it is developed and finalized
- Understand data entry, review and cleanup procedures
- Describe clinical trial data analyses and report writing procedures
- List the sections of a clinical study report (CSR) and describe how it is developed and finalized
- Describe the sections of a new drug application (NDA) and the procedures for compiling the sections and filing an NDA.
What You Learn
- Quality assurance
- Quality control
- CQA sponsor perspective
- Regulator inspections
- Inspection readiness
- Project management in clinical trials
- Vendor selection
- Study initiation: data management setup
- Study execution: data collection
- Post-Study: data analysis and quality assurance
- Clinical study reports
- New drug application
How You Learn
- Multimedia lectures
- Reading assignments
- Research discussion assignments
- In-depth questions
- Case studies
- Midterm and final exams
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Summer 2026 enrollment opens on March 16!