Table 3. Requirement for site data quality control.
DATA checked | Percentage of sampling | Details |
Patient initials and date of birth | 100% of DCFs | The presence of source documents with medical records corresponding to this patient will be checked. |
ICF | 100% of DCFs | The completeness of ICF signed by the patient or authorized designated surrogate will be checked. |
Inclusion and exclusion criteria | 100% of DCFs | The eligibility of all patients will be checked. |
All other data | At least 5% of DCFs in 40% of the sites | It means 1 out of 20 DCFs with corresponding source documents and medical records will be 100% checked in 2 out of 5 sites. The top recruiting sites take priority to monitor. |
In sites with less than 20 enrolled patients, at least 1 DCF will be entirely cross-checked with source documents and medical records. |
DCFs, data collection forms; ICF, informed consent form.