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Blockchain technology has the potential to extend beyond its traditional use in cryptocurrency and make significant strides in critical sectors like healthcare. Clinical research, which plays a pivotal role in enhancing the quality of healthcare by guiding activities, determining equipment usage, and recommending preferred medications, stands to benefit greatly from blockchain integration. The unique technical capabilities of blockchain offer promising solutions across various stages of clinical research, from study design and patient registration to documenting study findings. By addressing current challenges in the clinical research process, blockchain technology can notably enhance research quality and consequently, improve patient care. Although there are conceptual frameworks regarding blockchain in the literature, yet practical implementations remain relatively scarce. Thus, in this study, private permissioned Hyperledger Fabric blockchain platform developed for managing clinical research. Additionally, a use case includes a blockchain-based solution as an innovative distributed framework to counting problems related to COVID-19 epidemiological parameters and statistics among healthcare disciplines and countries has been defined in the study. Also, use case logic has been implemented as a smart contract (chaincode) and invoked on Fabric Network. This endeavor represents a crucial step towards bridging the gap between theoretical understanding and real-world application within the realm of blockchain technology. By deploying a functioning clinical research network and executing smart contracts, this study not only contributes to the practical utilization of blockchain but also serves as a foundation for further research and development in the field.