eCOA And Older Users: Users Prove That Age Is Just A Number

Electronic clinical outcome assessment (eCOA) is an accepted method of data collection in clinical trials, however sponsors sometimes ask whether older users can manage electronic data collection. This eBook has been designed to address some of these concerns and discuss how eCOA can manage these apprehensions and ultimately benefit this population. This document will set out CRF Health’s recommendations, provide an overview of best practices for eCOA in older users and offer considerations for implementation.

A clinical outcome assessment (COA) measures a patient’s symptoms, as well as their mental state, or the effects of a disease, condition or medical treatment on a patient. Some are unobservable concepts, such as pain intensity, moods or feelings, and eating habits. Today’s regulatory guidelines strongly encourage clinical trial sponsors to adopt electronic means of capturing patient and clinician reported outcomes over traditional paper questionnaires and eCOA (electronic clinical outcome assessment) is now a widely accepted method of data collection in trials.