We are pleased to announce that registration is open for our hybrid workshop at the Old York Cellars in Ringoes, NJ on June 8-10 2022. We are very excited that we can offer this safe and fun venue as we will be meeting in an open-air event tent amidst their beautiful vineyard. Learning from each other is what we do best, and the workshop will provide opportunity for collaboration and exchange, contribution to the work of the eClinical Forum, round table discussions on hot topics and time for Q&A as well as evening networking events.  For those who cannot join in person, some of the sessions will be live-streamed and recorded.

The eClinical Forum is happy to announce the Public release of the "eCF Requirements for Electronic Data for Regulated Clinical Trials PR2021"

ABOUT THE ECF REQUIREMENTS:  The eClinical Forum has produced a set of Requirements, which are based upon statements in regulatory documents that pertain to the design, development, implementation, and management of electronic systems that support clinical research data as well as those statements that pertain to the handling of data that will be used in a regulated clinical trial.  We have reviewed regulatory documents from the FDA, EMA, PMDA, NMPA, MHRA and ICH to produce this set of requirements. Each Requirement has as its basis one or more statements from one or more of these regulatory documents. The Requirements can be used to determine if systems that data which will become part of a regulated clinical trial are consistent with regulatory requirements and if systems and process that manage these data have the necessary features.

How to assess site's systems for appropriateness of collecting data for regulated clinical research. (Version 2022)

 The eCF’s PI Signature Working Group have updated their 3-year-old document which is released to eCF Members in early April.  They will introduce the 2022 changes to the best practice document for Investigator’s signature on electronic Case Report Forms (eCRFs).  Participants are encouraged to share their thoughts on:

- how to provide continuous monitoring of regulatory expectations;

- sharing members’ experience on implementation and regulatory findings (if any);

- brainstorming for an industry definition of the “meaning” of signature on data reported to sponsors during both traditional and non-traditional clinical trials.

Presenters:   eCF PI Signature Team Leaders:  Cinzia Piccinia (Eli Lilly) and Babette von Hagen (CSL Behring)

eClinical Solutions Technology Showcase: As the volume, variety and velocity of data sources available for use in clinical research have grown, the need has arisen for a modern data infrastructure that automates data processes from ingestion through submissions.  75% of Life Sciences companies are still using Excel and SAS to integrate data sources slowing time to insight for data review teams, reducing collaboration and extending traditional cycle time metrics like LPLV to DBL.

eClinical Solutions, and eClinical Forum Member company, offer elluminate Clinical Data Cloud as a foundation of modern digital trials. This session will demonstrate the numerous capabilities in the platform that replace manual processes in the data lifecycle. They will share frequent uses cases and the business outcomes data management, medical monitoring, statistical analysis and clinical programming and clinical operations teams experience when using the elluminate Clinical Data Cloud.   

Facilitator:           Manuela Hornberger, Boehringer Ingelheim   

Open To: Staff from eClinical Forum member companies gratis  (If you are not an eCF member, please review our website www.eclinicalforum.org/membership for membership information or contact info@eclinicalforum.org )

Background: eClinical Forum webinar sessions focus on the details of a specific topic.  All participants are encouraged to share information and ask questions. Anyone from an eCF member company can participate, gratis. The facilitator will [try to] keep the subject on track and prompt discussion and information sharing.

“Birds-of-a-Feather” Webinars are provided monthly, to get those with similar interests together.  Anyone from an eCF member company (around the globe!) can participate, gratis. All eCF members can suggest a topic and/or lead a discussion.

Conducting decentralized trials is an important pathway to improving patient centricity, yet they create painful data management challenges that increase costs and delay access to reliable data. As companies move toward digital trials, the number and variety of data sources grows, and visibility into your data declines. Most modern trial designs, including adaptive trials, need interim analyses which require timely access to reliable data.  In this technology showcase, Veeva will share their clinical database, Veeva CDB, and demonstrate how it produces a complete and concurrent view of the clinical data. Decentralized trials run better with centralized data management that can speed database locks and support better decision-making during study conduct.

eCF Technology Showcase sessions have been requested by eCF members to provide a demonstration of products or services, and by necessity are not technology or vendor neutral. The eClinical Forum does not promote nor endorse any particular technology vendors.

This is a round-table discussion. Participants are encouraged to share experiences, make comments, ask questions, and contribute to the discussion. We will be discussing challenges Sponsor companies are having evaluating, monitoring and documenting a site’s eISF, and to share best practices, challenges, and ideas. 

Facilitators:   Ronit Elstein (Pfizer, US) Martijn Griep (Janssen, Belgium)

We will be discussing a recent eCF/EUCROF positions paper: 

The full history of a clinical trial describes the conduct of the trial and the quality of the data produced. Changes in technology and the evolution of regulatory expectations on electronic systems over the past two decades have resulted in a situation where additional supplementary documentation is needed to reconstruct some clinical trial activities. Many of the computerised systems used during a trial are only used during the active trial data collection stage. This period of use is shorter than the retention period required for the archiving of the essential documents of the trial. Furthermore, the documentation that makes up this history is distributed between sponsor, investigators and vendors. Data is stored locally, in the cloud, on patient devices, at vendors, and sub-vendors. Where the data is archived (sponsor, investigator, vendor), in what format (kept live or static), and for how long are issues discussed in the position paper.  You can download the position paper here: Position Paper: Trial Master File Archiving and the Decommissioning of Computerised Systems Used in Clinical Trials, PR1 (eclinicalforum.org)

HL7 FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) is a standard describing data formats and elements and an application programming interface for exchanging electronic health records. The standard was created by the Health Level Seven International health-care standards organization.  Vulcan is an HL7 FHIR Accelerator that brings together stakeholders from across the translational and clinical research communities in order to bridge existing gaps between clinical care and clinical research, strategically connect industry collaboratives, maximize collective resources, and deliver integrated tools and resources.  HL7 FHIR is the path forward to bridge clinical care and clinical research. A global collaboration between all translational and clinical research stakeholders to co-develop out the standard, it will allow for a reproducible, scalable process for data exchange. The presenters will share not only the conclusions drawn from use cases developed up to this point, but will also provide insight into the future direction and priorities of Vulcan.