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Protocol Deviation & CAPA Agent

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A stalled CAPA shouldn't surface at inspection

When the inspector traces a deviation, you want the root cause, the CAPA, and the proof it worked all sitting right there. The agent logs protocol deviations, categorizes them by severity and type, and drives the corrective and preventive action lifecycle to closure, linking each deviation to root cause, CAPA, effectiveness check, and the affected sites or subjects, consistent with ICH E6(R3) quality expectations. Sponsors and QA get a defensible, trend-aware record instead of scattered spreadsheets.

The grind you know

A stalled CAPA shouldn't surface at inspection

When your deviations are scattered across disconnected logs with inconsistent categorization, the trends and recurring root causes that would tell you something stay hidden. CAPAs stall out without clear ownership or an effectiveness check, and that gap between a deviation and its remediation is precisely what an inspector finds. Reconciling it all across sites by hand is slow, and it's never quite complete.

Part of the Clinical Project Management family

Action items, status, deviations & comms.

When the inspector traces a deviation, you want the root cause, the CAPA, and the proof it worked all sitting right there. The agent logs protocol deviations, categorizes them by severity and type, and drives the corrective and preventive action lifecycle to closure, linking each deviation to root cause, CAPA, effectiveness check, and the affected sites or subjects, consistent with ICH E6(R3) quality expectations. Sponsors and QA get a defensible, trend-aware record instead of scattered spreadsheets.

  • ICH E6(R3)
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How it works

  1. 1

    Capture

    Deviations are logged with structured category, severity, and affected subjects or sites.

  2. 2

    Analyze

    The agent trends deviations by root cause and site to surface systemic risks.

  3. 3

    Remediate

    CAPAs are assigned, tracked, and verified for effectiveness until formally closed.

Capabilities

What it takes off your plate

Deviation Logging & Categorization

Capture deviations with consistent severity and type classification, including important vs minor distinctions.

Root Cause & Trending

Group deviations by root cause and site to reveal systemic issues and recurring patterns.

CAPA Lifecycle Management

Assign corrective and preventive actions with owners, due dates, and effectiveness checks through to closure.

ICH E6 Alignment

Workflows reflect ICH E6(R3) quality-management and issue-escalation expectations.

What you get

  • Categorized protocol-deviation register
  • CAPA plans with owners and effectiveness checks
  • Root-cause trend analysis by site and type
  • Deviation and CAPA status reports for QA

In practice

What this looks like on a real study

Where the agent shows up in the day-to-day of a live trial — the moments the grind usually lives in.

An inspector traces a deviation

An inspector picks an important deviation and asks for the full story. The linked record shows root cause, the CAPA, its owner, and the effectiveness check that confirmed it worked, consistent with ICH E6(R3), instead of scattered spreadsheets.

A recurring root cause emerges

The same consent-process error appears across three sites. Root-cause and site trending groups the related deviations, revealing the systemic pattern that individual logs would have hidden.

A CAPA stalls without an owner

A corrective action drifts without closure. The CAPA lifecycle enforces an owner, due date, and effectiveness check, so the gap between a deviation and its remediation doesn't surface at inspection.

Proof

The impact on your study

50%
Faster CAPA closure
100%
Deviations linked to a CAPA
40%
Reduction in recurring deviations

Figures shown are pre-launch targets based on internal benchmarks, not guaranteed outcomes.

Works with your stack

  • Medidata Rave

    EDC

  • Veeva Vault

    EDC

Who it's for

Built for the teams who run trials

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Peace of mind

Built to the standards inspectors expect

Every output is generated inside a validated, audit-ready platform, kept under human-in-the-loop control, and mapped to the regulatory and CDISC standards this agent supports.

  • ICH E6(R3)

Frequently asked questions

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