Customer-Defined Database (CDD)

A CDD is an extract of clinical data from a study database. You can use a CDD to pass data into customer statistical analysis tools or other external programs. You can use either the Reporting and Analysis module or a CDD, or both, to extract data from a study.

Comparison of CDD and Reporting and Analysis module

CDD	Reporting and Analysis module
Clinical data only	Clinical and operational data
Database structure defined by customer	Database structure based on study design
Mappings defined in Central Designer application	Mappings defined in Reporting and Analysis user interface
Requires external analysis tools	Includes report generation tools