How eSource Replaces The EDC

By Raymond Nomizu, CEO at CRIO

In the CRIO article, Automate The Protocol With eSource, CEO Raymond Nomizu described how the company’s eSource automates the protocol, building compliance at the point of capture. Often, however, the company is asked to send data to the EDC. While this can be done if an EDC system’s API allows it, the process isn’t necessary.

The goal of a clinical trial is to collect endpoint data as specified in the protocol; the goal is not to populate an EDC system. According to CRIO, the EDC system is simply a vehicle to get the endpoint data from sites that arose in an era when real-time data capture in a clinical setting was not yet normalized.

Learn why if sponsors can properly query, centrally monitor, lock, and extract the data directly, there is actually no need for an EDC.