Project Level REDCap Documentation

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Last updated: Apr 25, 2023 by Melissa Hall
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Introduction

All projects hosted on the CRU’s REDCap platform have access to some REDCap platform documentation through payment of the relevant REDCap Platform Fee. These documents are issued either by request from the researcher or automatically provided by the CRU following project completion.

Please see below for information about the documentation available for different kinds of projects hosted on the CRU’s REDCap platform.

If your project requires a piece of documentation that is not included with payment of the appropriate REDCap Platform Fee as described below, please contact cru@ucalgary.ca with information about the documentation you require. A CRU team member will then contact you to discuss your requirements further.

Self-Service Projects

Self-service projects are projects hosted on the CRU’s REDCap platform that were built independently by the study team.

Research Projects

REDCap Platform Security Overview

  • The purpose of this document is to describe the standard security controls that are used for the Clinical Research Unit’s (CRU) REDCap environment. The controls described in this document have been put in place to ensure data privacy and security for studies that are collecting Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and use CRU-supported services.

  • This document should be used by researchers planning to utilize CRU and REDCap services in support of their ethics application to the applicable Research Ethics Board(REB/IRB).

Clinical Trials

Clinical trials hosted on the REDCap platform that pay the Validated Platform Fee have access to the following validation documentation following project completion.

Please visit this page for more information about REDCap Platform Validation, the Validated Platform Fee, and Validation Documentation.

  • Platform Validation Certificate - Study-specific document certifying that the clinical trial is hosted on the validated REDCap instance, hosted at the secure University of Calgary data centres.

  • REDCap Data Management Plan - Study-specific document that details the plan for the collection, storage, analysis, and use of data both during and after a trial. This document covers what data is being collected, how data is collected, who will have access to the data, how the data is analyzed, the data quality and integrity measures in place, how long the data will be kept for, etc...

Supported Projects

Supported projects are projects for which the CRU was engaged to build the project from the ground up on the CRU’s REDCap platform.

Research Projects

  • Certificate of Project Completion & Validation - Project-specific document that certifies complete testing and validation of the REDCap project by the study team, ensuring that the CRU executed the project fully and completely according to study documentation.

  • REDCap Platform Security Overview

    • The purpose of this document is to describe the standard security controls that are used for the Clinical Research Unit’s (CRU) REDCap environment. The controls described in this document have been put in place to ensure data privacy and security for studies that are collecting Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and use CRU-supported services.

    • This document should be used by researchers planning to utilize CRU and REDCap services in support of their ethics application to the applicable Research Ethics Board (REB/IRB).

Clinical Trials

Clinical trials hosted on the REDCap platform that pay the Validated Platform Fee have access to the following validation documentation following project completion.

Please visit this page for more information about REDCap Platform Validation, the Validated Platform Fee, and Validation Documentation.

  • Platform Validation Certificate - Study-specific document certifying that the clinical trial is hosted on the validated REDCap instance, hosted at the secure University of Calgary data centres.

  • REDCap Data Management Plan - Study-specific document that details the plan for the collection, storage, analysis, and use of data both during and after a trial. This document covers what data is being collected, how data is collected, who will have access to the data, how the data is analyzed, the data quality and integrity measures in place, how long the data will be kept for, etc...