EDC and ePRO Market Trends and Service Provider Performance

Report Overview

This report provides an analysis of the current and future use of electronic data capture (EDC) and electronic patient reported outcome (ePRO) technologies, as well as tools to help compare, evaluate, and select technology service providers. This report:

• Provides product satisfaction profiles for 20 EDC and 14 ePRO technology products
• Uncovers opportunities to better relationships with sites
• Quantifies study volume, vendor use and preference
• Addresses the movement towards “eClinical” service contracts
• Discusses implications and recommendations for sponsors and service providers

What you will learn:

For Sponsors and CROs:

• Product experiences and preferences across 20 EDC and 14 ePRO platforms
• Past and future penetration of EDC and ePRO technologies (by Phase of development)
• Which technology providers have the best integration capabilities with other technologies

For Technology Providers:

• Detailed performance profiles, product satisfaction, and end-user preference for 34 major technology providers across core performance attributes
• Current and future adoption estimates for EDC and ePRO technologies

How you can use this report:

For Sponsors and CROs:

• Select or uncover a new technology partner that enhances your relationships with sites by understanding the needs, wants, and preferences of clinical sites
• Learn how investigative sites would recommend improving trial process
• Benchmark your organization’s use of EDC and ePRO against broad industry averages

For Technology Providers:

• Benchmark your performance against your competition
• Anticipate how changes in trial volume and adoption/penetration will affect your future business opportunities
• Identify operational improvements and product characteristics that impact trial success and optimize user experience

Report Contents:

1. Executive Summary: In this section ISR summarizes the key findings and develops implications and recommendations for sponsor and service provider organizations.
2. EDC Market Adoption: Presents the current state of the EDC market including the number of systems sites use at one time, their preference for EDC vs. paper, and the current and future EDC study penetration by development phase.
3. EDC Operational Improvements: Outlines suggested improvements for EDC software and examines the most important EDC attributes that can help improve study operations.
4. EDC Service Provider Performance: Provides sponsors and service providers a look into the most preferred EDC vendors and profiles how sites rate each of the 20 leading EDC service providers on six key performance attributes.
5. ePRO Market Adoption: Presents the current state of the ePRO market including the number of systems sites use at one time, their preference for ePRO vs. paper diaries, and the current and future ePRO study penetration by development phase.
6. ePRO Operational Improvements: Outlines suggested improvements for ePRO software and examines the most important ePRO attributes that can help improve study operations.
7. ePRO Service Provider Performance: Provides sponsors and service providers a look into the most preferred ePRO vendors and profiles how sites rate each of the 14 leading ePRO service providers on nine key performance attributes.
8. eClinical Environment: Discusses site familiarity and desire for using direct data capture technologies, their use of eClinical solutions from the leading CROs, and identifies the best CROs for eClinical support.