Patient initials and DOB conflicts

Trial designers can configure a trial to require that the combination of patient initials and date of birth be unique within a site or throughout the trial. If your trial requires unique initials and date of birth only within a site, it is possible to have patients at different sites with the same combination of initials and date of birth.

If you transfer a patient to a site where another patient exists with the same initials and date of birth, and your trial requires unique initials and date of birth at the site, the patient transfer fails. You must change the patient initials to make the combination unique.