About the Collaborative

The Good Clinical Trials Collaborative was established in 2020 to coordinate the development and advocate for the implementation of better randomized controlled trials (RCTs) globally. It was led by Professor Sir Martin Landray, co-architect of the COVID-19 RECOVERY trial and was supported by Wellcome and the Gates Foundation.

Guided by the belief that good healthcare is informed by good evidence from good trials, the Collaborative’s has produced guidance to make it easier to do good RCTs, by setting an international benchmark of scientific rigor, ethical integrity, efficiency and quality.

The Guidance was developed through collaboration with a diverse, multidisciplinary group of individuals and organizations with a shared commitment to help accelerate better healthcare across the world. Outlining the five underpinning principles of good RCTs, the guidance is intended to support all parties involved with RCTs of all types of health interventions, in all settings.

Acknowledgements

Development of the Evaluation Tool and eLearning was led by the following groups:

 

Good Clinical Trials Collaborative Secretariat

Former members

  • Rachel Hallett | Capacity Strengthening Manager

With special thanks to

  • Christina Reith | Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford

Steering Group

  • Janice Chang: TransCelerate BioPharma Inc
  • Alethea Cope: Wellcome Trust
  • Mimi Darko: Food and Drug Authority Ghana
  • Jim Elliott: Health Research Authority UK
  • Jeremy Farrar: World Health Organization
  • Ian Hudson: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  • Dorcas Kamuya: KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Program 
  • Martin Landray: Good Clinical Trials Collaborative
  • Kathryn Maitland: KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Program 
  • Vasee Moorthy: World Health Organization  
  • Amrit Ray: Biopharmaceutical R&D Executive & Independent Board Director
  • Jessica Salzwedel: AVAC

Observers

  • Peter Arlett: European Medicines Agency
  • Robert Califf: Food and Drug Administration USA
  • Emer Cooke: European Medicines Agency
  • Khair Elzarrad: Food and Drug Administration USA
  • Janet Woodcock: Food and Drug Administration USA

Former members

  • Nancy Roach: Fight Colorectal Cancer 
  • Fergus Sweeney: European Medicines Agency 
  • Soumya Swaminathan: World Health Organization

Our supporters

The work of the Good Clinical Trials Collaborative was supported, and funded, by:

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