Veeva EDC

Collect, review, and process site-reported patient trial data with integrated quality controls and data management for clinical studies.

Overview

Veeva EDC is an electronic data capture system designed to support the full lifecycle of clinical trials, from study design through data lock and archiving. It is built for sponsors, CROs, and clinical data management teams running complex studies, including master protocols and adaptive trial designs. The platform has been available since 2016, has reached mature status, and is used by more than 100 customers, including eight of the top 20 biopharma companies.

Veeva EDC provides an end-to-end environment for collecting, reviewing, and processing site-reported patient trial data. It covers three main phases of a study: start-up, execution, and close-out, with dedicated capabilities at each stage.

Study Start-Up Capabilities

Design of participant Case Report Forms (CRFs)
Configuration of quality control checks
In-product specification studio built on Agile Design principles for faster study builds

Study Execution Capabilities

Collection of all patient form data
Management of local lab data
Medical coding
Query management for data quality
Targeted source data verification (SDV)
Protocol deviation tracking
Role-based user interfaces that prompt action to support SDV and medical assessments
Support for complex trial designs, including master protocols and adaptive designs

Study Close-Out Capabilities

Data lock functionality
Post-processing features
Automatic end-of-study media creation
Automated archiving

Reported Performance Benchmarks

Up to 50% faster study build times
Complete elimination of known custom functions
Study changes implemented up to nine times faster compared to prior approaches

Collaboration and Integration

Veeva Connections enables data sharing and collaboration across the full study team
Part of the broader Veeva Vault platform, which also includes CDB and eCOA
Veeva eSource is an announced addition aimed at eliminating paper and streamlining data flow

Veeva EDC is positioned for organizations seeking to reduce build complexity and manual effort in clinical data management. Available resources include a features brief, white papers on agile EDC principles and custom function elimination, and a demo hub for hands-on evaluation.