Responsibilities:
Review and oversight of the adequacy of other clinical assessments (as appropriate).
Clinical development plan, clinical protocol development, study planning and initiation.
Provide medical input during development and updates to the clinical development plan. Provide medical input during clinical protocol development and Informed Consent Document (ICD).
Medical review of country feedback during protocol feasibility to ensure understanding and mitigation of any feedback which may impact future protocol compliance, risks to subject safety or data integrity (e.g. understanding of local standard of care and impact on ability to execute clinical protocol). This is performed in collaboration with the Regional Clinical Site Leads (RCSLs) if they are assigned to the clinical trial.
Provide study team with medical advice for all medical issues during risk assessment and mitigation planning to enable quality, compliance and patient safety at the trial, site and patient level.
Provide medical input to the study team for study specific control plans (e.g. study monitoring plans, ICDs, data edit checks, safety review plan and, if RCSLs are assigned to the study, the RMM Medical Oversight Plan).
Ensure medical requirements are accurately defined (e.g. lab specifications) during CRO/vendor selection to ensure study is conducted consistent with protocol requirements and/or clinical development plan expectations.
Site interactions:
Develop and maintain peer to peer relationships with healthcare professionals at clinical trial sites (in collaboration with RCSLs when assigned to a study).
Participate and lead site staff training or retraining when medical input is required (e.g. Investigator meetings, study site initiation visits, protocol specific training, training in response to other medical issues that may arise).
Interact with healthcare professionals at sites (leveraging the RCSLs when assigned) during the conduct of the study to enable quality, compliance and patient safety at the trial, site and patient level.
Act as a point of contact for medical questions at site level and responsible for clarifications to site personnel regarding interpretation of protocol and medical practice, leveraging the RMM organization if assigned to the study.
Other external interactions: Participate in medical interactions with opinion leaders, regulatory agencies and payers in development of clinical plan and protocols.
Interact (as applicable) with data monitoring committees, endpoint adjudication committees and steering committees when medical questions/problems are surfaced which require feedback input from the study team.
Study team and/or clinical program interactions:
Develop, participate and lead study team training or retraining when medical input is required (e.g. protocol specific training, training in response to other medical issues that may arise).
Conduct medical review and interpretation of efficacy and safety data during study conduct, including regular review of individual subject safety data and review of cumulative safety data with the safety risk lead (when assigned to a clinical program) consistent with the Safety Review Plan.
Oversight and, as necessary, remediation of risks identified during risk assessment and mitigation planning which require oversight by a medically qualified individual.
Provide project team with medical advice for other program related activities which are not related to a specific clinical study (e.g. interpretation of preclinical data).
Review on a regular basis SAE reports for early identification of potential safety issues.
Liaise regularly with RMMs when assigned to the study to ensure knowledge sharing and global consistency in medical oversight activities.
Medical review of efficacy and safety data in support of development of top-line report and clinical study report in collaboration with the study team, particularly with regards overall conclusions on safety, efficacy and benefit-risk assessment.
Provide medical advice and oversight to the study team or clinical program in response to audits or inspections, including providing medical advice and support for audit/inspection responses (e.g. site visits if specific medical expertise is required to further investigate or remediate findings).
May co-author abstracts, posters, presentations and publications.
Technical/Behavioral Competencies:
Proven ability to get results in a matrixed management environment.
Knowledgeable of the commercial and environmental issues that drive clinical programs.
Regulatory awareness – proven track record of proactive management of regulatory issues related to protocols and programs, including comprehensive experience of interactions with regulatory authorities.
Education:
M.D. or equivalent medical qualification (refer to Global Clinical Leadership Team definition of ‘medically qualified individual’).
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