Perspectives And Guidance For Effective eCOA In Global DCTs

It is widely accepted that electronic clinical outcome assessments (eCOA) are the preferred means of collecting participant data. In traditionally designed, site-based studies, eCOA has proven to be an effective method for capturing high-quality data while meeting all necessary regulatory requirements.

Today, the use of electronic patient-reported outcomes (ePROs) and electronic clinician-reported outcomes (eClinROs) – two of the most utilized eCOAs across all studies and all therapeutic areas – are commonplace.

eCOA is a flexible solution that allows for the remote collection of patient, clinician, and observer-reported outcome data. The use of eCOA, therefore, should be standard for most of today’s decentralized studies, including hybrid studies that blend site-based study approaches with remote data collection/submission capabilities that do not require site visits.