Clinical Data Management Systems (CDMS)

We work with the two Clinical Data Management Systems (CDMSs):

REDCap® (Research Electronic Data Capture)
secuTrial®

Your choice of the system used should depend on the complexity of the study design and your needs. We are happy to help you choosing the right system for your study.

Clinical Data Management Systems
Both our systems include the following features
GCP and HRA compliant
Web-based, you can access your study database from everywhere through a web-browser
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption
Servers are housed in dedicated server facilities at the University of Bern or at the Inselspital Bern
Secure and up-to-date IT infrastructure
Regular updates of CDMSs as well as all other software on the servers
Regular backups of study- and meta-data (internal backups several times per day, daily backups are stored on external disks)

Clinical Data Management Systems
Distinct features of our two database choices
REDCap® (Research Electronic Data Capture)	secuTrial®
developed since 2004 at Vanderbilt University (US), projectredcap.org in use at CTU Bern since 2011 in use at most other Swiss CTUs and worldwide in 155 countries with about 3 million users	developed since 2000 by interActive Systems in Berlin (D), secutrial.com in use at CTU Bern since 2014 in use at all other Swiss CTUs and mostly German speaking Europe with about 15’000 users
We set up your study database (Services) You set up your own study database (Services)* *only provided for members of Inselspital Bern or University of Bern	We set up your study database (Services)
System: simple and intuitive (from setup to export) Visit plan: configurable Patient-reported outcome (PRO): many possibilities (patient level or public surveys) Notifications/alerts: possible (continuously developed further) Randomization: possibility to upload lists Rights & Roles: numerous possibilities Multicenter: possible Import: simple overview as well as possibility for API Monitoring: possible DB Setup: intuitive system and ability to upload data dictionary/codebook	System: complex (currently layout revision in progress) Visit plan: highly configurable Patient-reported outcome (PRO): CTU recommends to use REDCap® Notifications/alerts: many possibilities Randomization: integrated minimization (and other) as well as possibility to upload lists Rights & Roles: complex possibilities Multicenter: strong Import: possible Monitoring: refined functionalities, possibility to batch upload queries DB Setup: complex module, lots of possibilities