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The eCF EDC Hosting Team has released the final White Paper documenting best practices for establishing controls and operational procedures that facilitate compliance with evolving regulatory expectations for Electronic Data Capture in Clinical Trials using Service Providers (e.g. EMA Reflection Paper and ICH GCP Addendum). The eCF has engaged with regulators (including the EMA GCP IWG and FDA) and industry stakeholders in developing the documents.
The White Paper focuses on web/cloud based EDC utilizing service providers and the delivery of hosting or application management services in a manner that prevents exclusive sponsor control over site entered data. The concept of an investigator “zone of control” is described to assist the ongoing governance of data by respective sites. Such control is facilitated via continuous investigator access to data; use of independent third parties (the i3P); an appropriate documentation framework and task delegation/control. The eCF proposal is not mutually exclusive of other methods of meeting regulatory expectations.
The document is part of a 3 document set comprising:
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.