Good Clinical Practice & Clinical Trials Course

Gaborone, March 2018

From 12– 16 March 2018, AMBITION colleagues gathered in Gaborone to take part in a three-day Clinical Trials Course followed by a two-day Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Course.

Three participants from each AMBITION recruiting site were in attendance, plus a contingent from BHP, and other local delegates. Presentations were given by a range of colleagues including Profs. Joe Jarvis and Tom Harrison, Drs. David Lawrence and Nabila Youssouf, and Patricia Henley (Head of LSHTM’s Research Governance & Integrity Office).

Delegates also enjoyed a range of collaborative group sessions, focussed around:

• Principles of Trials, Randomisation, Protocol Critique, Electronic Data Capture, SAE Reporting, and trial management and monitoring

• Principles of GCP, Ethics, Regulatory Authorities, Informed Consent, IMPs and Safety Evaluation