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Table 2 Categories and features for project approval and review management of clinical trials

From: Development of an integrated and comprehensive clinical trial process management system

Category

Features

Description

Study project management

Project approval management

CTI defines the application and review procedures for study projects according to the standard operation procedure (SOP)

To-do tasks list

Lists the tasks that the user needs to complete, which are automatically generated by the system according to processes and user roles

Project list

Project list contains basic information about the study, controlling different viewing scopes for different roles

Document management

Electronic management of documents, batch uploading, online review, and suggestion feedback

Contract management

Manages the content and budget of the contract, and supervises the execution of the contract

Initial meeting management

Records the meeting contents and participants of the initial meeting

Investigator management

Manages investigators’ Good Clinical Practice (GCP) education, resume, etc

Clinical research coordinator (CRC) management

Manages CRC personnel information, recruitment process, and workload reporting and review

Ethics management

Ethics committee (EC)

Manages the organizational structure of the EC

Ethics review management

Manages the ethics review process, including ethical review application, formal review, study assessment, ethics conference review, approval letter generation, etc

Ethics conference management

Manages the project review agenda, meeting attendance, voting, meeting minutes, project review results, etc