ICH E6 (R2) Good clinical practice - Scientific guideline

This document addresses the good clinical practice, an international ethical and scientific quality standard for designing, conducting, recording and reporting trials that involve the participation of human subjects. It aims to provide a unified standard for the ICH regions to facilitate the mutual acceptance of clinical data by the regulatory authorities in these jurisdictions.

Keywords: Good clinical practice (GCP), Ethics Committee, investigator, sponsor, protocol, investigator's brochure, trial design, safety reporting, informed consent, statistics, clinical study/trial report, clinical trials, innovation, design, ICH E6(R3)

Current version

ICH guideline for good clinical practice E6(R2) - Step 5

Adopted Legal effective date: 01/01/1997 Reference Number: EMA/CHMP/ICH/135/1995

English (EN) (693.2 KB - PDF)

First published: 01/07/2002 Last updated: 15/12/2016

Revision 3

Draft ICH E6 (R3) Guideline on good clinical practice (GCP) - Step 2b

Consultation dates: 26/05/2023 to 26/09/2023 Draft: consultation closed Reference Number: EMA/CHMP/ICH/135/1995

English (EN) (774.37 KB - PDF)

First published: 26/05/2023

Overview of comments on ICH E6 (R3) guideline

Reference Number: EMA/553381/2023 Rev.1

English (EN) (1.72 MB - PDF)

First published: 19/12/2023 Last updated: 22/12/2023

Revision 2

ICH guideline for good clinical practice E6(R2) - Step 5

Adopted Legal effective date: 01/01/1997 Reference Number: EMA/CHMP/ICH/135/1995

English (EN) (693.2 KB - PDF)