Since the last update of ICH6 (R2) on 2017, ICH was working on a new release, a new revision of ICH E8 about General Considerations for Clinical Trials. The E8 last version was adopted in 1997, but changes to trial design and conduct in the last two decades have made much of the guideline out of date.

Currently, parties involved in clinical trials development have a draft version of ICH E8 available and ICH plans to release the final ICH E8(R1) by June 2020.

The new revision adds a new section about quality of clinical studies design which is focus on “critical to quality” factors adaptable to several types of clinical trials and the importance of patient centricity in clinical trial development.

Review complete draft version here: ICH E8(R1) Draft version