eCF Views: New thoughts from your fellow eCF members … what do YOU think?

• • What is the definition of a Triple-blind study vs definition of a Double-blind study?
  • How should we handle privacy data that are in audio recordings (e.g. eConsent)?
• Post your thoughts! None are too narrow or too broad. Just  login to the  Discussion Forums (eclinicalforum.org)  … You will need a member account to login … but it’s easy to get one .. register via  Home (eclinicalforum.org).

  eCF News:

• eCF 25th Anniversary Fun-Fact: In 2000, we were called the “EDC Forum” and started in Europe with 11 pharmaceutical companies and 8 “allied associates” from the vendor/service industry. Over the years, many were acquired or merged, but 8 of the original founding members are still members in 2025: Bayer, Eli Lilly, Johnson & Johnson, Medidata, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Oracle (acquired our founding member Phase Forward), Pfizer (merged with our founding member Pharmacia).  Now, 25 years later, the eCF has grown to include 2700+ participants from 62 organisations in 36 countries. Want to know who are members now? See our graphic on the Membership page:  Membership  eCF, Going strong!
• “How to get the most out of your eCF Membership 2025” slides are available from our website: Downloads, and a recording of the webinar given on Jan 9th is available in the Members section of our website: Getting the most out of your eCF Membership > Webinar Recordings. Of course, if you want to discuss details of your organisation’s membership, your eCF facilitators are happy to discuss (see below for contact information).
• February is a very busy month for eCF! Check out these events (These are eCF members-only events and are gratis to anyone from an eCF member organisation.):
  • Feb 5, 2025: Technology Showcase: The Impact of AI Driven Automation and Data Transformation - A Guided User Experience for Automated Mapping. This technology showcase will be presented by Achilleas Zaras of eClinical Solutions at both UTC 0800 and UTC 1700 and recorded.  To register, please contact Suzanne.Bishop@eClinicalForum.org.
  • Feb 6, 2025 (rescheduled from 16-Jan-25): eCF “Think GCP” webinar on ICH E6 R(3). This presentation will be given by Rebecca Stanbrook, GCP Strategic Lead, Process & Risk Surveillance, Novartis, EFPIA Topic Lead ICH E6(R3). This will occur at 2 times: UTC 0900 and UTC 1600. This webinar will not be recorded, so please encourage your colleagues to block out their calendars and join us! (Note, this webinar is for those in eCF member companies only.) To register, please contact Suzanne.Bishop@eClinicalForum.org.
  • Feb 20, 2025: Webinar: Audit Trail Review – Is your Audit Trail fit for purpose? Given by Dr. Torsten Stemmler, head of GCP inspections at the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM) at UTC 15:00 (NYC 10am; Brussels 4pm; Mumbai 8:30pm; Beijing 11pm). eCF members can register by using this link:  eCF Webinar: Audit Trail Review
• And this one in March!
  • Mar 12, 2025: Technology Showcase: AiCure: Using AI to improve patient adherence, compliance, and retention – AiCure will discuss the importance of engagement with clinical trial participants and share innovative AI strategies to improve it. To register: eCF Technology Showcase: AiCure: Using AI to improve patient adherence, compliance, and retention

• Mark your calendars for the eCF 2025 Spring workshops!
  • Americas workshop – April 29-May 1, kindly hosted by CSL Behring near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (This workshop is in-person only.)
  • European Hybrid workshop – May 13-15, kindly hosted by Pfizer near London, UK (This workshop will be in-person and live-streamed and is gratis to anyone from an eCF member organization.)
  • Additional information: eCF Spring 2025 Workshops Announced.   More information will also be sent to eCF members soon!