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Signant Health
eCOA-first clinical trial platform that has grown outward into EDC, eConsent and televisits
As of 31 August 2026, Signant Health's pricing is not published; the vendor quotes on request. A clinical trial technology vendor built on electronic clinical outcome assessment, now selling a unified SmartSignals platform with EDC, randomisation, eConsent and televisits behind one sign-on. Softwr lists it under Healthcare. Signant Health is available on Web, iOS, Android.
Overview
What Signant Health does
Signant Health provides technology for running clinical trials, with the SmartSignals unified platform bringing electronic clinical outcome assessment, electronic data capture, randomisation and trial supply management, electronic informed consent and televisits into one system with single sign-on and a single database for sites. It also carries a substantial services layer, including clinical endpoint quality, rater training and data surveillance, which reflects its history in central nervous system and psychiatry trials where scale validity and rater consistency decide whether a study reads out at all. What separates it from the generalist eClinical suites is that eCOA is the origin rather than a bolt-on. For trials whose primary endpoint is a patient or clinician rated scale, the licensing of validated instruments, the translation and linguistic validation packages, and the rater training programmes are as much of the purchase as the software. That is also where the cost concentrates: instrument licensing is paid to the scale owners, translations are per language per instrument, and provisioned devices for participants carry logistics, replacement and connectivity costs that do not appear in a software line item. Buyers are pharmaceutical sponsors and CROs, particularly in central nervous system, psychiatry, rare disease and dermatology, where outcome assessment quality drives the trial. Nothing is published, and the practical cost model is a study-level quote in which software is a minority of the total once instruments, translations, devices and services are added.
What people use it for
- A central nervous system or psychiatry trial where the primary endpoint is a rated scale and rater consistency decides the readout
- A global study needing an outcome instrument translated and linguistically validated across a dozen languages
- A decentralised or hybrid protocol combining televisits, eConsent and at-home patient reported outcomes
- A sponsor consolidating separate eCOA, eConsent and randomisation vendors onto one platform to cut reconciliation work
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- No pricing is published, and the software licence is a minority of the real bill once instrument licensing, translations, device provisioning and services are added, so early budget estimates are routinely too low.
- Linguistic validation is charged per instrument per language and is on the critical path to first patient in, so adding a country late in start-up produces both a cost and a schedule hit.
- Provisioned participant devices bring logistics, replacement, shipping and cellular connectivity obligations that persist for the life of the trial and are frequently underestimated.
- The EDC component is newer than the eCOA heritage, so sponsors with complex data management requirements often keep an incumbent EDC and lose the single-database benefit that justifies the platform.
- It is priced and scoped for sponsor-grade trials, which makes it a poor fit for investigator-initiated or academic studies that need outcome collection without the services layer.
Pricing
What Signant Health costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
SmartSignals Unified Platform
On request
- Priced per study through a sales process
- Modules selected per protocol: EDC, eCOA, randomisation, eConsent, TeleVisits
- Instrument licensing paid to scale owners on top of platform cost
- Translation and linguistic validation charged per language per instrument
- Provisioned participant devices, logistics and connectivity quoted separately
Capabilities
Features
eCOA and ePRO
Patient, clinician and observer reported outcome collection on provisioned or bring-your-own devices
Unified platform
EDC, eCOA, randomisation and televisits behind one sign-on and one database for sites
eConsent
Electronic informed consent with multimedia and comprehension checks
Randomisation and supplies
RTSM integrated with the same platform as data capture
TeleVisits
Remote study visits conducted within the trial system
Rater training
Programmes and certification for clinicians administering rated scales
Data surveillance
Endpoint quality monitoring and signal detection across sites
Instrument library
Access to validated outcome instruments with translation and licensing handled
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Questions people ask
Each answer names the page it came from, so you can check it rather than take our word for it.
What is Signant best at?
Electronic clinical outcome assessment, particularly rated scales in central nervous system and psychiatry trials, together with rater training and endpoint quality services.
Is pricing published?
No. Everything is quoted per study, and instrument licences, translations and devices sit on top of the platform cost.
Can I use it only for eCOA?
Yes. The modules are selected per protocol, and many sponsors take eCOA and eConsent while keeping an existing EDC.
What drives the timeline?
Translation and linguistic validation of outcome instruments, which is per language per instrument and sits on the critical path to study start.
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