Singapore is often the first Asia-Pacific site in a global trial: efficient regulators, experienced hospitals and English-language operations. Capture runs Singapore sites in the same study as the rest of the world, with the controls HSA inspectors expect.
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Study region
Singapore
Key points for studies in Singapore
Research landscape
Singapore combines a compact, well-organised healthcare system with regulators and review boards that are used to international trials. For sponsors, that means predictable start-up and sites comfortable with global SOPs. For academic groups, it means strong national research funding and clinical trial networks across the public healthcare clusters.
From a data point of view, a Singapore site in a global trial should work exactly like every other site: the same locked forms, the same edit checks, the same randomisation and one audit trail. Local differences belong in configuration (site numbering, site-specific consent versions), not in a separate build.
The PDPA's transfer limitation obligation requires organisations transferring personal data outside Singapore to ensure the recipient provides a comparable standard of protection, typically through contractual clauses. Research datasets in Capture use coded participant IDs for sponsor-side users, with identities visible only to site staff, which reduces what leaves the site in identifiable form. Document the hosting region and transfer basis in your study's data protection assessment.
Randomized
166 / 240
Open queries
24
Fields verified
84%
3 open queries · 92% SDV
7 open queries · 85% SDV
14 open queries · 61% SDV
0 open queries · 100% SDV
Site risk
Site 03 query backlog
Data lock
Site 04 ready to lock
Controls
Every site runs with an append-only, hash-chained audit trail, re-authenticated electronic signatures with a stated meaning, role-based access with site-level separation and server-set timestamps. Approved forms are locked and identical across countries.
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Before you start
Authorisation, notification or certificate, depending on product and risk.
From the institution's or cluster's review board.
Hosting region and overseas transfer basis documented.
Whether the Human Biomedical Research Act applies to samples or data.
Ethics approval, contract, initiation visit and delegation log.
Local consent versions approved and tracked.
Regional hub
| Role | Typical scope | What they need in the study |
|---|---|---|
| Regional clinical research associate | Sites in several Asia-Pacific countries | Access to assigned sites only, SDV per field, query lists by site. |
| Regional data manager | Data cleaning across the region | Open query overview, edit check results, exports without identifying data. |
| Medical monitor | Safety review for the region | Routed safety alerts, AE listings, SAE sign-off status. |
| Site coordinator | One Singapore hospital | Their own participants, visit schedule, eConsent and data entry. |
| Principal investigator | Site oversight | Signing forms and SAEs, reviewing the delegation log. |
Access in Capture is role-based with site-level separation, so a regional role can cover several sites without seeing others.
Operations
A Singapore-based team working with sites in Australia, Korea, Japan, Taiwan and India covers several time zones and several data protection laws. What keeps the region consistent is one study build: identical forms, identical edit checks and a single definition of each endpoint, with country differences handled through site configuration and approved local consent versions.
Server-set timestamps matter more than usual in a multi-timezone region, because they show when each entry was actually saved, independent of the device clock. And because regional monitors review data remotely, a status overview of every subject and visit, plus a site risk monitor that explains why a site is flagged, is often more useful than waiting for the next on-site visit. See risk-based monitoring and SDV software.
The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) regulates clinical trials of therapeutic products and medical devices.
Yes, if the recipient provides comparable protection, usually ensured by contract. Document the basis in your data protection assessment.
Yes. Every site runs in the same study with the same forms, checks and audit trail.
Capture hosts study data in the EU (Frankfurt) or the US (N. Virginia), chosen at study setup, with AES-256 encryption at rest and TLS in transit. Assess the cross-border transfer rules that apply to your study before choosing.
Yes. The free sandbox has every feature with no credit card and no time limit.
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