"This is the best use of my time to remain current with what is going on in the industry."
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 goal is to produce a list and description of the essential metadata required to be able to reenact the events of the trial.
Congratulations to the joint C-Path/eCF :eCOA Best Practices" Team for publishing their paper “Best Practice Recommendations for Electronic Clinical Outcome Assessment Data Changes”
in the peer-reviewed SCDM Journal “Digital First”.
The joint Working Group on AI/ML by eClinical Forum and EUCROF is monitoring the evolution of AI/ML technologies in the Life Sciences domain and addressing relevant topics that are of major interest for clinical research.
The DCT Working Group is a joint effort between eClinical Forum and EUCROF. The team's objectives are to define DCT terms and to develop position papers and roadmaps on DCT solutions that simplify patient and site experiences. Read more
The REG team reviews, evaluates and interprets documents from regulatory authorities. The team is comprised of regulatory professionals from all aspects of eClinical Forum (pharma, technology vendors, support vendors, sites).
Maintaining the free eSRA (eSource-Readiness Assessment) questionnaire used by sites to self-evaluate electronic systems originating or managing data for clinical research.
Elected team providing strategic direction and governance
eCF Views & News
We send out a brief monthly newsletter via email to all our active eCF members to keep them abreast of the activities of eCF that they can participate in. The more who participate, the better we are "A Network Powered by Peers". Click to see the most current newsletter.
eCF Webinar: "Strategies for Implementing Audit Trail Review"
The eCF Audit Trail Review Analytics (ATRA) team anticipates releasing their white paper "Strategies for Implementing Audit Trail Review" to eCF members in early September. This webinar will provide an overview of the paper as well as delve into some specific areas.
Registration for the eCF Americas Autumn workshop is now open!
We are happy to announce the topics and registration for the eClinical Forum workshop to be hosted by Eli Lilly in Indianapolis, Indiana on October 21-23, 2025.
The workshop will be available for in-person participation only. There will be networking/social events on both evenings. Each eCF Member company can use 1 or 2 seats depending on your membership type and as allocated by your eCF Primary Representative. For those wishing to attend a remote eCF workshop, the eCF European workshop in London on Nov 4-6 will have similar topics and will be live-streamed. Click to get more information on the planned topics.
eCF Autumn Workshops Announced!
We are happy to announce our 3 Autumn workshops!
Americas: Hosted by Eli Lilly in Indianapolis on October 21-23
Europe/Hybrid: Hosted by Medidata in London on Nov 4-6 (this will be livestreamed as well)
Asia: Hosted by Kyowa Kyrin in Tokyo on Nov 13-14
Registration for the eCF Europe Autumn Hybrid Workshop is now open!
We are happy to announce the topics and registration for the eClinical Forum workshop to be hosted by Medidata in London, UK, on November 4-6, 2025
The workshop will be available for both in-person participation and remote access. There will be networking/social events on both evenings. Each eCF Member company can use 1 or 2 in-person seats depending on your membership type and as allocated by your eCF Primary Representative. Remote access of the live-streamed workshop is available gratis to all staff from eCF Member companies. Click to get more information on the planned topics.
Registration for the eCF Asia Autumn workshop is now open!
We are happy to announce the topics and registration for the eClinical Forum workshop to be hosted by Kyowa Kirin, in Tokyo Japan on November 13-14, 2025.
The workshop will be available for in-person participation only. There will be a networking/social event in the evening. Each eCF Member company can use 1 or 2 seats depending on your membership type and as allocated by your eCF Primary Representative. For those wishing to attend a remote eCF workshop, the eCF European workshop in London on Nov 4-6 will have similar topics and will be live-streamed. Click to get more information on the planned topics.