PDF SDK for Clinical Trial Document Redaction

Redact PII and confidential commercial information in CSRs, protocols, and regulatory submissions. True content removal for EMA Policy 0070, FDA, and ICH compliance.

Typical PII We Detect & Redact

Person namesDatesDate of birthSSNMedical record numbersHealth plan beneficiary numbersAccount numbersAddressesGeographic dataPhone numbersFax numbersEmail addressesIP addresses

Clinical Trials Document Challenges

EMA Policy 0070 requires public disclosure of clinical data with PII removed

Manual redaction of 1000+ page CSRs takes weeks and is error-prone

Sponsor and site identifiers scattered across headers, footers, and tables

Audit trail needed to prove what was redacted and why

Use Cases

CSR Redaction for Regulatory Submission

Detect and redact PII across entire Clinical Study Reports in one call. ML-based detection with RECALL optimization to minimize missed entities in compliance-critical submissions.

Selective Entity Redaction

Redact only specific PII categories — e.g. remove dates, addresses, and device identifiers but keep investigator names for regulatory reviewers.

TMF Batch Processing with Audit Trail

Process entire Trial Master File exports at once. Every finding is logged with entity type, confidence, and location — ready for regulatory inspection.

Clinical Trials Workflow

Redact CSRs for EMA Policy 0070 public disclosure

Strip subject identifiers, investigator names, and site addresses from Clinical Study Reports before mandatory public disclosure.

Anonymize protocols for new site distribution

Remove sponsor contacts and site-level addresses before distributing protocols to newly onboarded investigator sites.

Clean TMF documents for sponsor transfer or archival

Batch-redact PII across Trial Master File packages — informed consent forms, adverse event reports, and monitoring visit logs — when transferring between CROs or archiving closed studies.

Compliance Support

EMA Policy 0070 clinical data publicationFDA Freedom of Information redaction standardsICH E6(R2) GCP document requirementsGDPR data subject protection

Security & Procurement

Self-host / VPC availableEncryption in transit & at restRole-based accessAudit logsGxP-ready deployment

Why PDFDancer

  • True Text Editing: Modify existing content in place, not overlays
  • Semantic Selection: Find content by line, paragraph, or pattern
  • Permanent Redaction: Content is removed, not just hidden
  • Self-Hosting Available: Keep data in your environment

Let’s Talk About Your Use Case

15-minute call — we’ll walk through your document pipeline and show how PDFDancer fits.