Capture has an office in Riga, so Latvian and Baltic research teams work with a platform whose people know the local research landscape. Studies are hosted in the EU and run under the same controls as trials anywhere else in Europe.
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Study region
Latvia
Key points for studies in Latvia
Research landscape
Latvia is a small but active clinical research country, with university hospitals in Riga, academic medical research at its universities, and a growing biotech and digital health scene. Its population and centralised healthcare make it attractive for recruitment, and it often participates in multinational trials alongside Lithuania and Estonia, all under the same EU regulatory framework.
Because the EU Clinical Trials Regulation harmonises submission and assessment, a Latvian site in a multinational trial works under the same rules as sites elsewhere in the EU. What differs locally is language, the organisation of hospitals and ethics review, and the resources of local sponsors, which are often academic and budget-constrained.
Investigator-initiated trials in Latvia face the same sponsor obligations as industry trials, usually without an industry budget. Capture's self-serve model helps: no setup fee, no per-site fee, a full sandbox to build and test before any contract, and payment only when the study goes live. See EDC for investigator-initiated trials.
Participant-facing consent and questionnaires need approved translations. Validated instruments should use official translations from their developers. Talk to us early about how you plan to handle languages in your study so the build reflects it from the start.
EU (Frankfurt)
Default for EU-sponsored studies
US (N. Virginia)
Default for US-sponsored studies
Local team
Our Riga office means Latvian and Baltic teams can talk to people who understand the local research environment, in their time zone. Email support is included on every plan, typically answered within 24 hours, with documentation, video tutorials and setup guides. Enterprise plans add dedicated support, training and validation assistance.
Pre-launch readiness
1 site activated
1 form not yet approved
Controls
Studies run with an append-only, hash-chained audit trail, electronic signatures with server-verified re-authentication, role-based access with site-level separation and pseudonymised sponsor views. Data is hosted in Frankfurt, inside the EU.
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Free, with every feature. Our Riga team can help you get started.
Baltic trials
Baltic trials often combine sites in all three countries to reach enrolment targets. Under the EU Clinical Trials Regulation that is a single CTIS application, with the scientific assessment coordinated between the three member states and national aspects assessed by each. The trial then runs to one protocol, which should mean one database with one set of forms and checks.
Language is the main practical difference between the three countries. Participant-facing materials need approved translations for each country, and in Latvia and Estonia materials are often needed in more than one language. Plan which languages each site needs before building the participant-facing forms, and use official translations of any validated instruments. Site-level access and by-site exports keep each country's data separable for national reporting.
Much Latvian clinical research is led by universities and university hospitals, often funded by national or EU grants. For university sponsors across Europe, see clinical trial software for European universities.
Before you start
For medicinal product trials under the EU CTR, with the State Agency of Medicines as competent authority.
Ethics review as part of the CTR assessment, or the applicable route for non-drug studies.
Latvian and any other languages needed for consent and questionnaires.
Documented under GDPR and national law.
Ethics approval, contract, initiation visit and delegation log per site.
Training acknowledgements recorded for every user.
The State Agency of Medicines is the national competent authority. Medicinal product trials follow the EU Clinical Trials Regulation through CTIS.
In the EU (Frankfurt), chosen at study setup, with AES-256 encryption at rest and TLS in transit.
Yes. Capture has an office in Riga as well as in New York.
Participant-facing text is whatever your approved materials say. Talk to us early about how your study will handle more than one language.
Yes. There are no setup or per-site fees, and the full study can be built and tested free before going live.
Yes. The free sandbox has every feature with no credit card.
Keep exploring
Software for European universities
Academic sponsors in Europe.
EU CTR clinical trial software
The regulation in detail.
GDPR compliant trial software
EU data protection.
Clinical trial software in Ireland
Another EU country guide.
EDC for investigator-initiated trials
IIT-specific needs.
For academia
Capture for academic research.
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