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    Serious Adverse Event (SAE)

    A Serious Adverse Event (SAE) is any adverse event that results in death, is life-threatening, requires inpatient hospitalization or prolongation of existing hospitalization, results in persistent or significant disability, is a congenital anomaly, or is an important medical event per investigator judgment.

    SAEs must be reported to the sponsor within 24 hours of site awareness; the sponsor then determines reportability to regulators. Unexpected SAEs that are at least possibly related to the investigational product (SUSARs) require expedited regulatory reporting.

    SAE narratives prepared for the CSR follow ICH E3 conventions: chronological, factual, with relevant medical history, concomitant medications, lab values, and outcome.

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