E6: Quality Assurance and Quality Control

Question 1

5.1 - Quality Assurance and Quality Control

5.1.1

Answer 1

The sponsor is responsible for implementing and maintaining quality assurance and quality control systems with written SOPs to ensure that trials are conducted and data are generated, documented (recorded), and reported in compliance with the protocol, GCP, and the applicable regulatory requirement(s).

Question 2

Quality Assurance and Quality Control

5.1.2

Answer 2

The sponsor is responsible for securing agreement from all involved parties to ensure direct access (see 1.21) to all trial related sites, source data/documents , and reports for the purpose of monitoring and auditing by the sponsor, and inspection by domestic and foreign regulatory authorities.

Question 3

Quality Assurance and Quality Control

5.1.3

Answer 3

Quality control should be applied to each stage of data handling to ensure that all data are reliable and have been processed correctly.

Question 4

Quality Assurance and Quality Control

5.1.4

Answer 4

Agreements, made by the sponsor with the investigator/institution and any other parties involved with the clinical trial, should be in writing, as part of the protocol or in a separate agreement.