School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Contemp Clin Trials. 2022 Mar;114:106660. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2021.106660. Epub 2022 Jan 25.
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.
2020 年 3 月,我们的研究团队开发并启动了三项临床试验,以研究羟氯喹作为预防或治疗 2019 年冠状病毒病(COVID-19)的药物。我们同时为这些低接触、远程试验构建了相应的 Research Electronic Data Capture(REDCap)项目,这些试验依赖于参与者报告的数据。REDCap 具有支持实用的基于互联网的研究的内置功能,并且足够灵活,可以为特定试验提供创造性的解决方案。我们根据在 COVID-19 试验中使用 REDCap 的经验,描述了挑战、选择和建议。