openCDMS

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openCDMS
Developer(s) openCDMS Developer Team at University of Manchester
Initial release October 8, 2008 (2008-10-08) (1.6.19)[1]
Stable release

1.10.2  (December 4, 2014; 9 years ago (2014-12-04))

[±]
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
1.9.13 28 January 2013
1.9.12 09 January 2013
1.9.11 27 November 2012
1.9.10 07 November 2012
1.9.9 05 October 2012
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
Version Release date
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
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

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:

  1. Miscellaneous - This section contains two free tutorials that demonstrate some of the basic operational possibilities of openCDMS.
  2. openCDMS Collect - These related tutorials focus on the Collect module, including how to use the interface and its data entry and management functions.
  3. openCDMS Control - These tutorials cover the Control module, including defining users and roles and how to use the associated menus.
  4. openCDMS Create - These related tutorials focus on the Create module, going in-depth about study creation, management, and validation.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.

Entities using openCDMS

Further reading

External links

References

  1. "openCDMS - Release Notes". University of Manchester. http://www.opencdms.org/release-notes. Retrieved 13 October 2012. 
  2. "openCDMS - The open source clinical data management system". University of Manchester. http://www.opencdms.org/. Retrieved 13 October 2012. 
  3. "openCDMS - About". University of Manchester. http://www.opencdms.org/about-us. Retrieved 13 October 2012. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 "PsyGrid is now openCDMS". University of Manchester. 25 September 2008. http://www.psygrid.org/technology. Retrieved 13 October 2012. 
  5. "openCDMS - Features". University of Manchester. http://www.opencdms.org/features. Retrieved 13 October 2012.