This Endpoint can be Called to Perform the Following Tasks:

  • Add a participant to a given site.
  • Update participant contact information like first name, last name, email address or phone number.
  • Register the participant to access OpenClinica Participate dashboard.

Stipulations:

  • Participants can be registered for OpenClinica Participate ONLY when the Participate module is Active for the given study.
  • Study-level participants can’t be added to Participate or have contact data entered for them.
    • CRCs and Investigators cannot see Study-level participants, so it is best practice to always add participants to a site.
  • Site-level Participants cannot be reassigned to the study-level (only reassigning to a site is possible).
  • This endpoint can be called either when the study has the Participant ID Method set to “Manual Entry” or “System-generated”

Access Control:

  • User roles authorized to call this endpoint and perform the specified operations:
    • Data Managers
    • Clinical Research Coordinators
    • Investigators
  • Site level roles can perform this operation only on their site’s participants.
  • User roles NOT authorized to call this endpoint:
    • Monitors (study level and site level)
    • Viewers (study level and site level)

URL:

POST {customerName}/pages/auth/api/clinicaldata/studies/{studyOID}/sites/{siteOID}/participants (Site-level)

POST {customerName}/pages/auth/api/clinicaldata/studies/{studyOID}/participants (Study-level)

where {customerName} is your study URL. For example: https://studyxyz.openclinica.io/OpenClinica.

 Sample cURL Request:

Request Parameters:

  • register: Optional
    • Whether or not to register the participant for OpenClinica Participate
    • Possible values: y or n
    • Default is n

Response Body on Success:

Response Body on Failure:

 Below is the List of errorCodes with their Descriptions:

  • errorCode.studyNotExist: The study OID specified in the request is not found.
  • errorCode.studyNotAvailable: The study OID specified in the request is not in ‘Available’ status.
  • errorCode.siteNotExist: The site OID specified in the request is not found.
  • errorCode.siteNotAvailable: The site OID specified in the request is not in ‘Available’ status.
  • errorCode.noRoleSetUp: The user has no role assigned for the given study/site.
  • errorCode.noSufficientPrivileges: The user does not have sufficient privileges to perform this operation.
  • errorCode.participateNotEnabled: OpenClinica Participate module is not active for the given Study and therefore, the operation is NOT allowed.
  • errorCode.participantIDContainsUnsupportedHTMLCharacter: The Participant ID contains unsupported HTML (<, >) characters.
  • errorCode.participantIDLongerThan30Characters: The Participant ID exceeds the 30 character limit.
  • errorCode.participantsEnrollmentCapReached: The pre-set Participant enrollment limit has reached. No new participants can be added to this study.
  • errorCode.invalidPhoneNumber: The phone number in the specified request is invalid.
  • errorCode.invalidEmailAddress: The email address in the specified request is invalid.
  • errorCode.emailAddressTooLong: The email address in the specified request is too long.