Proactive identification of issues potentially affecting trial outcome led George Clinical to step in and provide services above and beyond original statement of work with full services, from protocol amendment to expanding manufacturing capabilities and easing patient waiting times.

 

SITUATION

George Clinical was contracted by a small biotechnology company for a Phase II, multi-center, single-arm study to assess the safety and efficacy of cell transfer therapy using autologous tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) followed by IL-2 treatment of patients with metastatic melanoma.

As George Clinical has conducted over 300 oncology studies, we were a good fit for a small company with limited clinical trial proficiency and in the process of rapid expansion of their clinical trial team. Our extensive experience includes all phases of oncology programs including, Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD), Phase I, II and III and late-phase trials, health economics and outcomes research. Our full services team is comprised of scientific leaders, doctors, nurses, biostatisticians and trial management professionals who work together to ensure timely delivery of quality trial data. Our scientific leadership model is recognized internationally as being highly effective in helping sponsors implement the most effective trials possible with innovative solutions that produce quality outcomes within tight timelines and limited budgets.

 

CHALLENGES

Clinical trials involving live tissue as well as patient harvest and infusion involve many logistical issues. At the outset of this trial there was a delay in the initial TIL manufacture by the sponsor-contracted vendor. In addition, the initial protocol included a variable and extensive waiting period between tumor harvest and TIL infusion requiring patients to be in a “washout” for extended periods of time. All aspects of the trial/patient process needed fine tuning, including increasing lab capacity, coordinating tumor harvesting procedure and infusion schedules with variable product expansion timelines at TIL facilities, and aligning shipment of TIL product to be received at site and stored or infused same day to patient. As the trial evolved, there was also a cryo-preserved TIL product which required proper receipt and storage by sites.

“George Clinical has a track record of creating individual solutions for all types of trials and has the expertise, personnel and flexibility to quickly mitigate risks and restore order in situations where CRO transition has become essential. We have the resources to help get a trial back on track both rapidly and efficiently,” stated Maria Ali, Chief Medical Officer, George Clinical.

 

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