The main result that is measured at the end of a study to see if a given treatment worked (e.g., the number of deaths or the difference in survival between the treatment group and the control group). What the primary …

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Clinical Trial Agreement (CTA) is the appropriate term used to describe a document used to agree the contractual terms associated with the specific trial-related tasks and responsibilities. The CTA will be drafted based on the appropriate template for each site/ …

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Every trial must be recorded in a publically accessible database before the study starts, or within 30 days from its start. Clinicaltrial.gov is the most common site. A registered user can submit the study on the database, following the instruction …

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The Sponsor must notify the appropriate bodies (Ethic Committees and Competent Authority CA) of the end of the study. A Close-Out Visit (COV) is the last monitoring visit performed to each involved center, that determines the closure of the trial …

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Data entry is the process of recording patients’ data or data in a database or sheet of paper. In clinical Studies it could be performed on the Electronic Data Capture (EDC) systems or in the Paper/electronic Case Report Form (CRF/eCRF). …

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