(And why does that make enforcement hard?) What do the following companies have in common? Electronic data capture (EDC) software providers Central image / electrocardiogram (ECG) / spirometry readers Central clinical labs Electronic patient reported outcome (ePRO) software providers They’re not Clinical Research Organizations. That’s right. They’re not CROs. When you finish this, you’ll be… [Read More…]
3 Tips for EDC Audit Trails
What follows is more or less a transcript of my presentation at the joint annual meeting of the San Diego Regulatory Affairs Network and the Orange County Regulatory Affairs Discussion Group on 19 Nov 2014. The 3 tips? 1) Use good password reset practices; 2) Don’t allow queries to fire until data are saved; and 3)… [Read More…]
Why Do UAT On Service Provider Systems?
Outsourcing services is quite common in clinical development. We outsource everything… Lab analysis of subject samples (central clinical labs) Interpretation of subject medical images (central imaging readers) Data capture at clinical sites (EDC and ePRO) Randomization and management of investigational product (IVRS/IWRS) Trial master files (eTMF) …and the list goes on and on…. [Read More…]