Clinical Data Management (CDM) is a critical phase in clinical research, which leads to generation of high-quality, reliable, and statistically sound data from clinical trials. CDM ensures collection, integration, validation and management of subject data gathered during the conduct of clinical trial in compliance with regulatory standards at appropriate quality and cost.

CDM involves in all aspects of processing the clinical data. It involves working with a range of computer applications, database systems to support collection, cleaning and management of clinical trial data. The ultimate goal of CDM is to ensure that conclusions drawn from research are well supported by the data.