Medidata Rave®

Medidata Rave^® is a cloud–based clinical data management system used to electronically capture, manage, and report clinical research data. It enables the user to record patient information (ie, visit, lab, and adverse event data) using forms that are customized for each study. Through its iMedidata® portal, users have fast, simple access to all studies, Medidata applications, eLearning training courses, online discussions, and more in one place.

Key Features of Medidata Rave

• Single sign-on for all National Cancer Institute (NCI)-sponsored clinical trials
• One-time account activation followed by an automatic Study Invitation email each time a site registers for a study
• Real-time data entry time checks to decrease potential errors
• Trial-specific task list that itemizes data issues that need to be reviewed, data forms past due, and study notification alerts and messages
• Interactive calendar to track critical imaging time points
• Automatic assignment of required eLearning (professional training) per study and per role (clinical research associates, Principal Investigators, and Study Chairs)

Rave and NCI-Sponsored Cancer Trials

Rave is the standard electronic data capture system for all network groups in the NCI National Clinical Trials Network. These groups include, in addition to ECOG-ACRIN, the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology, Children’s Oncology Group, NRG Oncology, and SWOG. The NCI Cancer Therapy and Evaluation Program purchased licensing rights in 2011 from Medidata Solutions to use and distribute Rave to the network groups to facilitate clinical research.

Electronic data capture is conducted exclusively in Rave for the precision medicine cancer trial NCI-MATCH / EAY131.

Contact

The NCI Cancer Trials Support Unit (CTSU) provides support via phone and email to research personnel using Medidata. Please visit the CTSU Contact Information webpage.