0:00:00hello my name is rigid wall of pitch and i'm the corresponding author for this
0:00:05article subjective and points in clinical trials the case for a blind it independent central
0:00:11review this is almost like disciplinary overview of the field of endpoint assessment committees
0:00:19the objective of the review is to define the u a c
0:00:23and provide an overview of its applicability highlight the critical roles e a c compliant
0:00:29drug development
0:00:30provided process map from designing and conducting a regulatory appropriate e a c
0:00:36and explain the different types of v a c's
0:00:41and end point assessment committee as a blinded assessment of subjective clinical data related to
0:00:47patient safety or efficacy that is independent of the side and sponsor
0:00:53it is also called a c e c or i r c
0:00:58it is often performed because a request for regulatory agency
0:01:02it minimises bias and variability as compared to site assessments and it can increase the
0:01:09probability of an accurate assessment by using sub speciality trained experts
0:01:15and it also allows for
0:01:17uniform independent reviewer training on study
0:01:21it is usually performed when the assessment is a primary or important
0:01:26secondary endpoint up in advance clinical trial
0:01:30let's take a look at a complex e a c study of melanoma
0:01:34in this study the overall tumour burden of the patient needs to be assessed
0:01:39therefore we have a radiological assessment of total nine q training is to remember
0:01:46as well as dermatological assessment of to train us to more burden
0:01:52this is summarised in a crf along with information from biopsies
0:01:57and selected clinical listings
0:02:01as well as a location information
0:02:04and an ecologist is also added to facilitate
0:02:08a gestalt understanding of the patient disposition
0:02:12there are two methodological approaches to conducting and here we see assessment a consensus panel
0:02:19and i'm both maybe their bic are
0:02:22a consensus panel is a model bidirectional group assessment of the patient status
0:02:29this approach has the following important advantages it provides a gestalt understanding of the patient
0:02:35and allows for you a scene data to be
0:02:38digital and nine digital however it has the following disadvantages
0:02:44potential for the assessment to be the result of a group thing process rather than
0:02:49total data driven
0:02:51it's harder to schedule
0:02:53and it's impractical to perform and study training and testing since the technique usually requires
0:03:00independent assessments and the conclusions have limited precision since the result from only a single
0:03:08assessment
0:03:11in contrast the model by reader
0:03:14blind independent central review
0:03:17bic our approach
0:03:18is a one-way hierarchical communication
0:03:22where results of one or more reviewers
0:03:25feed into the next assessment ask can be seen
0:03:28with the radiology pathology and dermatological results
0:03:32going into the oncologist unlike the consensus approach all data from the bic rs need
0:03:40to be digital
0:03:41time or frequency of performing these assessments are not an issue
0:03:46since all the reviewers are independent
0:03:49this assessment review paradigm allows for easy i'm going training and testing and the degree
0:03:56of precision of the assessment can be time traded
0:04:00precision is related to the number of independent reviews the number of assessments is predicated
0:04:07on the potential for bias along with the variability in complexity of the assessment
0:04:14in this study the site assessment of pathology is sufficient
0:04:18whereas a single independent read it is necessary for radiology
0:04:23because of the large continuous tumour burden
0:04:27the dermatological assessments require pretty measurements
0:04:31as well as an independent review with the most precision a double reed and if
0:04:38necessary adjudication read
0:04:40results for the ontology assessment of overall
0:04:44patients status
0:04:46so in conclusion and he c can mitigate subjective assessment of hydrogen at and bias
0:04:53by using a well trained team of experts
0:04:55the precision of the assessment can be tight rated by utilizing different bic are paradigms
0:05:02in the future we expect to see more hearing sees in general
0:05:07and bic r e a c's in particular due to
0:05:11increase in regulatory agency recommendations and advances in colour madison and information systems thank you