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.

Version 2024JP1 (20-May-2024)

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

The eClinical Forum is happy to announce the release of the "Investigator’s signature on electronic Case Report Forms (eCRFs), PR2.1"

About the Best Practice Document: There is increased scrutiny by regulatory agencies on the collection of investigator’s signatures as evidence of the overall oversight on the eCRF is reported to the sponsor.  eClinical Forum PI Signature Working Group was formed in March 2021 to update the best practice document originally issued in 2017 by identifying best practices that are based on compliance to regulatory requirements and on risks such as reputation, credibility, legal liability of the data being used by the sponsor. 

The Society for Clinical Data Management (SCDM) and eClinical Forum (eCF) Joint Task Force are pleased to announce the publication of an industry position paper “AUDIT TRAIL REVIEW: A KEY TOOL TO ENSURE DATA INTEGRITY” final version based on Industry Feedback.  With various electronic data capture modalities becoming the norm and the growing regulatory focus on data collection traceability, audit trails which capture the who, what, when, and why of electronic data entry and amendments are a critical tool.  This paper outlines an industry perspective on maximizing the value of implementing the targeted, routine review of these extremely large datasets. It provides recommendations on risk-based use cases for audit trail review (ATR) and the corresponding desired reporting criteria, with suggestions on when to use visualizations and exception report listings to generate key, actionable insights.

Voluntary Investigator Site Survey survey concluded with 528 responses.

The eCF is releasing 3 documents via the eCF website “Members” area (un/pw required).  Please feel free to download them and share with other members of your company.