What is it? Why is it important?

In the event new stakeholders are asked to participate in a study, they should be trained on Data Management (DM) procedures prior to performing any delegated tasks.

 

Stakeholder can represent the addition of an additional participating study site, a staff member, data manager, statisticianmonitor, or Site-INV responsible for a given study site.

 

Newly added stakeholders should be:

 

For newly added study sites, participant recruitment and data entry can only start after the successful completion of a site initiation visit.

What do I need to do?

As a SP-INV:

  • When adding a new study-site to your study:
    • Seek the approval by submitting an application to EC
    • Upon EC approval, ask the DMan to add the new site to the study database (e.g. ensure data confidentiality by giving sites only access to their own data)
    • Perform a site initiation visit prior to making the eCRF available for data entry
  • Train new study-sites or site-staff on DM responsibilities (e.g. data entry and data quality procedures), and document the delegation of study tasks in a delegation-log
  • Ensure staff members receive individual access rights to the study database (eCRF)
  • Ensure access rights remain current by removing access rights from leaving staff
  • Document DM trainings in a site training-log

 

More

As a Site-INV, ensure:

  • The qualification and training of your site-staff
  • Training remains current, based on responsibilities defined the site-delegation-log (e.g. data entry and data quality procedures)
  • Inform the SP-INV promptly of any leaving site-staff

Where can I get help?

Your local CTU can support you with experienced staff regarding this topic

Abbreviations
  • CTU – Clinical Trials Unit
  • DM – Data Management
  • DMan – Data Manager
  • EC – Ethics Committee
  • eCRF – Electronic Case Report Form
  • Site-INV – Site Investigator
  • SP-INV – Sponsor Investigator
Conduct ↦ Data Handling ↦ Data Quality ↦ Adding Stakeholders
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Basic

Provides some background knowledge and basic definitions

Basic Protocol
Basic Statistics
Basic Monitoring
Basic Drug or Device
Concept

Starts with a study idea

Ends after having assessed and evaluated study feasibility

Concept Protocol
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Concept Drug or Device
Development

Starts with confidence that the study is feasible

Ends after having received ethics and regulatory approval

Development Protocol
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Development Drug or Device
Set-Up

Starts with ethics and regulatory approval

Ends after successful study initiation

Set-Up Protocol
Set-Up Ethics and Laws
Set-Up Statistics
Set-Up Quality and Risk
Set-Up Drug or Device
Conduct

Starts with participant recruitment

Ends after the last participant has completed the last study visit

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Completion

Starts with last study visit completed

Ends after study publication and archiving

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