openCDMS

openCDMS
Developer(s)	openCDMS Developer Team at University of Manchester
Initial release	October 8, 2008 (1.6.19)
Stable release	1.10.2 (December 4, 2014; 9 years ago) [±]
Preview release	none [±]
Written in	Java
Operating system	Cross-platform
Type	Laboratory informatics software
License(s)	GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0
Website	opencdms.org

openCDMS is free open-source clinical data management system designed "to enable clinical researchers to manage the full life cycle of their clinical research project, from design through to archiving, without any specialist knowledge of databases or IT systems."^[2]

Product history

Development for openCDMS began in May 2005 at the University of Manchester but originally as the program PsyGrid, a U.K. Department of Health-funded e-science project dedicated to aiding in the treatment of psychotic disorders with underdeveloped evidence base.^[3] On September 1, 2008, PsyGrid was renamed to openCDMS and its scope expanded due to "the growth of the PsyGrid system and its continuing adoption across many health domains."^[4] With this move, the software was freely opened up to the public under the GNU Lesser General Public License.^[4] On October 8, 2008, the first open-source version of openCDMS was released to the public. The software continues to be developed by the University of Manchester, which also hosts openCDMS systems for medical research organizations in the U.K.

Version	Release date
1.9.8	07 August 2012
1.9.7	11 July 2012
1.9.6	01 June 2012
1.9.5	26 April 2012
1.9.4	22 March 2012
1.9.3	16 February 2012
1.9.2	07 February 2012
1.9.1	02 February 2012
1.9.0	19 January 2012
1.8.9	29 November 2011
1.8.8	26 October 2011
1.8.7	20 September 2011
1.7.9	25 June 2010
1.7.7	01 June 2010
1.7.4	28 January 2010
1.7.3	18 December 2009
1.7.2	19 November 2009
1.7.1	21 October 2009
1.7.1	21 October 2009
1.7.0	09 September 2009

Version	Release date
1.6.39	27 February 2009
1.6.38	21 February 2009
1.6.38	21 February 2009
1.6.37	21 January 2009
1.6.32	15 December 2008
1.6.30	05 December 2008
1.6.28	11 November 2008
1.6.28	11 November 2008
1.6.26	04 November 2008
1.6.24	14 October 2008
1.6.19	08 October 2008

Features

Features of openCDMS include^[5]:

role-based security
compliance with numerous regulations and standards
audit trail
data control system
electronic signature support
reporting
alarms, alerts, and reminders
data import and export
study definition
clinical trials tools
modular

Hardware/software requirements

In order to install openCDMS, you'll need:

Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 5.0 or greater

For more information about installation, please refer to the help document.

Videos, screenshots, and other media

openCDMS demo

Training resources

Click2eLearn

Click2eLearn is a privately owned company offering high-quality and low-cost web-based training and tutorials for primarily open-source software platforms. The company offers over 80 tutorials on the open-source clinical data management application openCDMS. Training plans begin at $35 per month. Tutorials are broken down into six categories:

Miscellaneous - This section contains two free tutorials that demonstrate some of the basic operational possibilities of openCDMS.
openCDMS Collect - These related tutorials focus on the Collect module, including how to use the interface and its data entry and management functions.
openCDMS Control - These tutorials cover the Control module, including defining users and roles and how to use the associated menus.
openCDMS Create - These related tutorials focus on the Create module, going in-depth about study creation, management, and validation.
openCDMS Web - This section of tutorials focuses on the Web module, including how to use the web portal and associated tools like reporting, data export, and pharmacist operations.
Setup: Installation and Upgrades - This section contains tutorials concerning how to set up a database for openCDMS as well as how to install the software in a Linux or Windows environment.