EDC platform review

secuTrial review

secuTrial is a browser-based EDC system from interActive Systems for clinical trials, non-interventional studies and patient registries. It is used mainly by academic clinical trial units and university hospitals in Germany and Switzerland, as well as by pharmaceutical companies and CROs.

Facts checked: November 2026 · Rank 14 of 18 · How we rank

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Our score: 6.0/10
Best for: Academic multicentre trials in Germany and Switzerland
Pricing: Per-user pricing on request
Vendor: interActive Systems GmbH (iAS), Berlin, Germany

Unique feature

Common EDC across Swiss academic research centres

Geneva University Hospitals states secuTrial has been adopted by nearly all clinical research centres in Switzerland, and recommends it for medium-to-high complexity or high-risk studies.

Fit

Who secuTrial suits

Best for

Investigator-initiated drug or device trials run through academic trial units
Patient registries and non-interventional studies needing audit trails and e-signatures
Multicentre studies at German-speaking or Swiss institutions

Less suited to

Teams wanting transparent online pricing
Studies that require confirmed offline mobile data entry
Users wanting inferential statistics inside the tool

Features

Key features

What the vendor documents publicly, checked against its own pages. “Not stated” means we could not confirm it, not that it is missing.

✓ Yes◐ Partly+ Add-on– No? Not stated

?Vendor builds your databaseAcademic units (DKF Basel, KKS Oldenburg) build databases for their researchers
✓Build forms yourselfCapterra reviewer: whole study can be set up in-house
✓Audit trailStated by university pages and DZHK user manual
✓Electronic signaturesElectronic signature stated by university pages and DZHK manual
✓Edit checks at data entryPlausibility checks on formats, logic and value limits
✓Queries and source data verificationQueries, configurable SDV with history, review and freeze steps
✓RandomisationThird-party directory cites seven algorithms; lists can be imported
✓ePRO and participant self-entryThird-party directory cites mobile apps for PROs; vendor site not reachable
?eConsent
?Offline mobile data collection
◐Forms in several languagesInterface in German and English (DZHK manual, 2018)
?CDISC export (ODM / SDTM)Third-party directory mentions 'CDISC interfaces'; format unconfirmed
✓Built-in reports and dashboardsReports and graphical patient-count statistics (DZHK manual)
?Built-in statistical analysis
?Numbered tables, figures and listings
✓APISOAP web service API described in JOSS 2020 paper
?Free or open-source optionCapterra lists a free trial; no free version found

Verdict

Strengths and limitations

Strengths

GCP-oriented workflow: audit trail, e-signatures, SDV, review and freeze
Established in academic trial units, with open-source R tooling for exports
German vendor; third-party directory reports hosting in Germany

Limitations

No published pricing on vendor site
Interface languages limited to German and English in 2018 manual
Capterra reviewer notes some features are 'not up to date'

Details

Pricing, hosting and regulation

Pricing

Per-user pricing on request. Published prices: Not published on vendor pages checked; Capterra lists a starting price of €800 per user, with a free trial. Pricing source.

Hosting and security

Hosting regions: Germany (vendor hosting in Nuremberg, per third-party directory). Vendor-hosted SaaS is listed; the University of Oldenburg runs secuTrial on servers in its own data centre, while one directory says no self-hosting. Confirm on-premise options with the vendor.

Certifications: None stated by the vendor.

Regulatory support

Vendor-supplied Capterra text claims 'full GCP and FDA 21 CFR Part 11 compliance'.. Whatever the software offers, your own procedures, validation and training are still needed for a regulated study.

Scale and set-up

Used for single and multicentre trials, registries and non-interventional studies; Geneva University Hospitals recommends it for medium-to-high complexity or high-risk studies.. Configured by customers or by academic trial units, which build validated study databases on request. Build times not stated..

Alternatives

Sources (checked November 2026)