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. 2022 Mar:114:106660.
doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2021.106660. Epub 2022 Jan 25.

Technical procedures and REDCap tools for internet-based clinical trials

Ananta S Bangdiwala  1 , David R Boulware  2
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Technical procedures and REDCap tools for internet-based clinical trials

Ananta S Bangdiwala et al. Contemp Clin Trials. 2022 Mar.

Abstract

In March of 2020 our team of researchers developed and opened three clinical trials to investigate hydroxychloroquine as prophylaxis or treatment for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We simultaneously built corresponding Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) projects for these low-touch, remote trials that relied on participant-reported data. REDCap has built-in features that support pragmatic, internet-based studies, and REDCap is flexible enough to allow creative solutions for specific trials. We describe challenges, choices, and suggestions based on our experience with REDCap for our COVID-19 trials.

Keywords: Automation; Clinical trials; Covid-19; Data base management; Patient-oriented research; Survey.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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