When to bring us in
- SAP lockRead it before it locks
- Blinded dataInfluence and tipping-point testing
- UnblindingNothing can be changed after this point
Protocol drafting
Endpoint and population review
Later: the one decision you can't revisit
SAP lock
Read it before it locks
Later: pre-specified is leverage; post-hoc isn't
First patient in
Standardization and audit-trail design
Later: rebuilding a trail during an inspection
Blinded accumulation
Influence and tipping-point testing
Later: finding it the day after unblinding
Database lock
Anomaly and site screening
Later: explaining it to a division instead
Unblinding
Nothing can be changed after this point
Topline
Release and slide review
Later: a community reaction you saw coming
Regulatory meeting
Briefing package and anticipated questions
Later: a question you can't answer on the day
Post-approval
New questions from existing data
Later: a dataset nobody asks anything of
The left-hand side of this timeline is where a fix is least expensive and where we matter most.
Next Step
Tell us the disease area, the phase, the timeline, and the thing that worries you. Whether it's a design review, an independent second opinion, or a full biostatistics partnership, we will tell you plainly what your data can and cannot support.
We keep a finger on the pulse of where the FDA is moving. Not compliance theater but actual partnership. We advise clients on what the agency will ask before they ask it, because we are in the conversation.