Case Report Filling (CRF) filling Shared Task

WHAT CASE REPORT FORMS ARE

Case Report Forms (CRFs) are standardised instruments used in medical research to collect patient data in a consistent and reliable manner. They consist of a predefined list of items to be filled with patient information. Each item aims to collect a portion of information relevant for a specific clinical goal (e.g., allergies, chronicity of disease, test results).

WHY ARE THEY RELEVANT

Automating CRF filling from clinical notes would accelerate clinical research, reduce manual burden on healthcare professionals, and create structured representations that can be directly leveraged to produce accessible, patient and practitioner-friendly summaries. 

Although the healthcare community has been utilising CRFs as a basic tool in day-to-day clinical practice, publicly available CRF datasets are scarce, limiting the development of robust NLP systems for this task.

We present this Shared Task on CRF-filling, aiming to enhance research on systems that can be applied in real clinical settings.

• 9th December, 2025: The form for expressing interest in participation is now available.

• 10th December, 2025: The website is now online.

• 12th December, 2025: Release of i) train and development data, ii) GitHub page with submission details and iii) submission portal.

• 16th December, 2025: Release of baseline in the leaderboard.

• 18th February, 2026: The test data is now available here.

• 25th February, 2026: The test phase is now closed.

• 26th February, 2026: You can submit your system papers here.