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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.