LEVERAGING KNOWLEDGE - DRIVING PERFORMANCE - DESIGNING THE FUTURE

Clinical Forum Teams work extensively with industry, healthcare organisations, academia regulators to link stakeholders and to facilitate the development of the environment for electronic clinical research. We have conducted surveys, developed tools, built an extensive base of knowledge of information relevant to the successful implementation of eClinical solutions.

Join the eClinical Forum to participate in cross-industry initiatives and to benefit from early access to pre-competitive information on best practices and trends.


ECF Teams and Projects

Essential Metadata 29 January 20240

Essential Metadata

The goal is to produce a list and description of the essential metadata required to be able to reenact the events of the trial.

19 December 2023

Best Practice Recommendations for Electronic Clinical Outcome Assessment Data Changes

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”. 

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning 02 November 20220

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

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.

Decentralised Clinical Trials 02 November 20220

Decentralised Clinical Trials

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. 

Investigator Site File (ISF Assessment) 14 October 20220

Investigator Site File (ISF Assessment)

Developing a questionnaire to assist sites in evaluating their e-Investigator Site File systems against clinical research regulatory regulations and recommendations.

Archiving and Decommissioning 29 January 20190

Archiving and Decommissioning

Developing a position paper from the industry on the electronic archiving of study data and related topics

Trial of the Future 01 May 20180

Trial of the Future

Evaluating emerging technologies and processes and their impact on the future of clinical trials

eSRA Maintenance 01 March 20180

eSRA Maintenance

Maintaining the free eSRA (eSource-Readiness Assessment) questionnaire used by sites to self-evaluate electronic systems originating or managing data for clinical research.

Regulatory Expert Group (REG) 05 May 20150

Regulatory Expert Group (REG)

Maintaining ECF expertise in the regulatory environment and trends