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The current regulatory expectation is the investigators review and sign-off the data entered into eCRFs and other data collection tools at critical timings (including prior to interim analysis and the final analysis) in a timely manner. eClinical Forum issued a best practices document titled “Investigator’s signature on electronic Case Report Forms (eCRFs) in 2017. This team will review and align this existing document with most recent regulatory expectations on signatures collection on eCRF and eCOA data. A draft is anticipated in October 2021 and the release to the members by end of December 2021.
eCF Spring 2026 Workshops Announced!
We are happy to announce our Spring workshops!
Europe/Hybrid: Hosted by Servier outside of Paris on April 14-16 (this will be livestreamed as well)
Americas: Hosted by YPrime outside of Philadelphia, PA on April 28-30
Asia: Hosted by Novartis in Tokyo, Japan on April 2-3
Release of the 2026 electronic Site Readiness Assessment (eSRA)
The latest version of eClinical Forum’s eSRA is now available for download, free and open to the industry. If you work at a clinical research site, eSRA is designed to help you. It's a standardized checklist that lets you evaluate your readiness to support electronic clinical trial processes before a study starts, so you can identify gaps early, not mid-trial.
Conclusion of the eCF Spring Workshops 2026
With the conclusion of the eClinical Forum Americas Workshop last week, the Spring 2026 workshop season has officially come to a close. This year’s workshops focused strongly on the current and future use of Artificial intelligence in clinical research. Planning for the Autumn 2026 Workshops will begin soon.