Clinical strategy and design

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Clinical trial protocol

We develop scientifically robust clinical trial protocols.

Our scientists and medical experts provide strategic and methodological advice grounded in strong evidence — helping you plan coherent, robust studies, mitigate risk, optimise resources and make the best possible data-driven decisions.

Early-phase development is about generating decision-grade data efficiently — not about formal powering. Our scientific, medical and biostatistical experts help you de-risk the critical early choices: the dose, the design, and the regulatory pathway.

We support you with:

  • Integrated early development strategy: defining the most efficient route from preclinical data to proof-of-concept, aligned with your Target Product Profile.
  • Regulatory scientific advice: preparing and supporting EMA Scientific Advice, national competent authority interactions, FDA pre-IND / Type B meetings, and CTA/IND-enabling documentation. 
  • First-in-human design: pharmacologically-anchored / MABEL-based starting-dose justification, dose-escalation strategy (rule-based or model-based/Bayesian), sentinel dosing and integrated stopping rules, in line with the EMA FIH guideline. 
  • Adaptive & seamless designs: SAD/MAD, integrated Phase 1/1b, dose-finding and expansion cohorts to reach decisions faster. 
  • Proof-of-mechanism & Proof-of-concept (Phase 1b): early signal detection in patients, with rigorous cohort and population selection. 
  • Translational & model-informed support: PK/PD interpretation and exposure-response insight, delivered together with our preclinical and pharmacokinetics partners to strengthen your dose rationale. 
  • Endpoint & biomarker strategy: selecting exploratory and early-efficacy endpoints that are fit for decision-making.
  • Proportionate, objective-driven sizing: sample sizes scaled to the exploratory question, not to late-phase power calculations. 
  • Scientific literature & competitive landscape review.

Protocol optimisation

We also review your own design and assumptions from a scientific, cultural, operational and regulatory perspective, ensuring they remain consistent with your study's objectives and endpoints.

 

Our medical & scientific leadership

Dr Lila Krebs-Drouot, our Medical Lead, combines a dual background in medicine and clinical research, with a strong focus on translational development. She works closely with sponsors to bridge early science and clinical proof-of-concept, ensuring that biological rationale, dose strategy and early endpoints are aligned from the very first studies in humans.


Dr Yves Donazzolo, pharmacologist and founder, supports our teams in a scientific consulting capacity. With over 30 years of experience and as an active member of prestigious independent clinical and scientific advisory boards, he has overseen thousands of development programmes and brings deep pharmacology expertise to the design and review of your early-phase studies.

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1, rue des Essarts, 38610 Gières, France

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