The eCF REG team puts out a yearly version of the "eCF Requirements" which many orgainizations use to check compliance of their systems against regulatory authority document statements. The previous versions have been requested in order to easily check the requirements that were in place in a particular year.

This topic is coming out of a discussion that started at the eCF Workshop in Massachusetts in October. The group decided they wanted more time to delve more deeply into this discussion and to include eCF members from other regions.  The discussion will be around:

• 100% SDV provides little value for a whole lot of work … but how do we define “critical” data such that not everything is considered critical?
• How can we implement a risk-based approach without compromising down-stream activities?

Presenter:        Rebecca Stanbrook, GCP Strategic Lead, Process & Risk Surveillance, Novartis, EFPIA Topic Lead ICH E6(R3)

About this topic:  The final piece of the GCP renovation puzzle, revision 3 of ICH GCP.  Understand the background to the renovation, key changes and the philosophy of the changes in this one hour webinar.

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Recording available from our public webinar which provided information on our 3 free tools: The “eCF Requirements” (Requirements for electronic data for regulated clinical trials), eSRA (Site eSource-Readiness Assessment), and ISF (Investigator Site File System) Assessment. These tools are absolutely free to download as a service to the industry that we serve; we do not even collect email or other information.

This group will develop standard approaches, processes, expectations - generate minimum standards for us to meet the opinions of global regulators.  Address the problem of generic regulations and create industry guidelines more tangible and actionable.

Team started in August 2024.  The goal is to review, prioritize and standardize the audit trail review data checks based on the eCF ATR position paper (2021) and create a list of high impact checks that can be implemented by sponsor companies and technology vendors.

The eClinical Forum is releasing its 7th public version of the “eCF Requirements” which takes all of the requirements and guidance directions that pertain to electronic data and electronic systems that support clinical research, from FDA, EMA, PMDA, MNPA, MHRA and ICH , and boils them down into 37 unique statements or "eCF Requirements".

The "eCF Requirements" Members Release V2024 has been released.  This is a significant accomplishment by the eClinical Forum’s “Regulatory Expert Group” (REG) as they have put in countless hours over many years to be able to produce such a comprehensive list of compliance requirements for  electronic systems that will manage data used in regulated clinical research, against regulations and guidances from 40 different documents from FDA, EMA, PMDA, NMPA, MHRA and ICH and ISO.

Version 2024JP1 (20-May-2024)

Japanese translation of eSRA Handbook and Assessment Questionnaire (eSRA日本語訳)

A brief overview of who should use the eCF's newest assessment tool ... and why. This article can be viewed or downloaded by clicking "read more".

eClinical Forum now has 2 FREE assessment forms for sites to self-assess their systems for use in regulated clinical trials. We are excited to release the first version of the “ISF System Assessment”.   This assessment form is very similar to our eSource-Readiness Assessment (eSRA) and is, like eSRA, based on regulatory documents from regulators around the globe.