CLINICAL DATA MANAGEMENT
Study Conduct
STUDY CONDUCT ACTIVITIES
CENTRAL
ENSURING DATA LABORATORY OR
DATA ENTRY
COMPLETENESS THIRD-PARTY DATA
TRANSFER
QUERY
DATA CODING SAE RECONCILIATION
MANAGEMENT
METRICS AND
TRACKING
DATA ENTRY
Traditional Method
Single or Double Data
Paper CRFs Database
Entry
DATA ENTRY
e-CRF-Based
Designee logging into the CDM system.
Entering the data directly at the site.
Chances of errors are less due to programmed system
checks.
Resolution of discrepancies happens faster.
ENSURING DATA COMPLETENESS
Data manager ensures that data is collected, validated,
complete, and consistent.
This is achieved by looking at the status of each CRF.
There are symbols used in EDC systems to identify field, page
or CRF status as complete, incomplete, or if it has a query.
THIRD-PARTY DATA TRANSFER
There are external data which is not included in CDM liaises with the central laboratory and
CRFs but needs to be collected for subject decides upon data formats and transfer
screening. schedules in Data Transfer Agreement.
Sponsors often refer to third party or the
Date and time of the sample collected is
centralized vendors. reconciled against the CRF.
Non- CRF/eCRF data is transferred from external
sources into the sponsor database.
DATA CODING
Gastroesophageal
Reflux
Medical coding helps
in classifying reported Acid reflux
medical terms on the
CRF to standard
dictionary. Pyrosis
Heart burn
DATA CODING
Adverse events are coded using the available medical dictionaries.
Medications are coded using the available drug dictionaries.
(MEDDRA) MEDICAL DICTIONARY FOR (WHO-DDE) WORLD HEALTH WHO-ART THIS DICTIONARY DEALS
REGULATORY ACTIVITIES - IS USED FOR ORGANIZATION-DRUG DICTIONARY WITH ADVERSE REACTIONS
THE CODING OF ADVERSE EVENTS AND ENHANCED -IS USED FOR CODING TERMINOLOGY.
OTHER ILLNESSES. MEDICATIONS.
QUERY MANAGEMENT
Auto Query or
System Check
Discrepancy
or Query
Manual Query
Edit check or
Validation
Check
AUTOGENERATED QUERIES OR SYSTEMS CHECKS
These checks are run automatically, whenever Edit checks can identify problems with a single
user saves or submits the data. variable, between two or more variables.
MANUAL QUERY
After review of the data Manual Queries
could be Opened or issued by a Data
Manager, Clinical Coder, or a CRA.
Queries can be issued or responded Manual Query
based on the user roles.
MANUAL QUERY
Manual queries require actions
such as clarification or correction
to a specific item or variable.
SAE RECONCILIATION
SAEs entered The clinical data
into the clinical manager ensures
trial database are reconciliation of
also entered into data between
the drug safety the two
database. databases.
Clinical Trial Database Drug Safety Database
METRICS AND TRACKING
Metrics helps to measure the performance of clinical trials.
STATUS OF PAGE STATUS OF DATA AVERAGE TIME TO CLOSED COMMONLY
COMPLETION. QUERIES QUERY DISCREPANCIES RAISED DATA
RESOLUTION QUERIES