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Implementing ICH E6(R3): Practical Risk-Proportionate Strategies for IRBs, Investigators, and Study Teams

Webinar

Date: September 23, 2026

Co-presented with PRIM&R (Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research)

ICH E6(R3) moves Good Clinical Practice toward quality by design and risk-proportionate oversight. This webinar looks at what that shift means for the people who review, run, and document clinical trials: IRBs, investigators, and study teams. The panel discusses what is changing, how the guideline relates to the US regulations that govern IRB review, the move from investigator supervision to investigator oversight, and how to decide which essential records a trial needs. The panel then applies these ideas to a case study: an investigator-initiated trial of an approved drug in a new indication for a rare neuromuscular condition, run at three sites under a single reviewing IRB.

Panelists

  • David Nickerson, VP, Head of Clinical Quality Management, EMD Serono, and PhRMA Topic Lead for ICH E6(R3)
  • Rebecca Stanbrook, Founder and Director, RESaltas GmbH, and EFPIA Topic Lead for ICH E6(R3)
  • Benjamin C. Silverman, MD, Senior IRB Chair, Mass General Brigham

Moderator

  • Sarah White, Executive Director, MRCT Center
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The MRCT Center developed this course with the ICH E6(R3) Expert Working Group. Now available: Module 1 (Introduction and Foundational Concepts), Module 4 (Informed Consent), and Module 5 (Essential Records, new in September 2026). Module 3 (Data Governance) will be released in October, and Module 2 (Responsibilities and Oversight) will follow.
The earlier MRCT Center webinar covers the guideline’s foundational concepts: quality by design, quality management, critical to quality factors, and risk proportionality. Panelists were the ICH E6(R3) topic leads Cheryl Grandinetti (FDA), David Nickerson (PhRMA), and Rebecca Stanbrook (EFPIA).