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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001209191-08-015730.txt : 20080304
<SEC-HEADER>0001209191-08-015730.hdr.sgml : 20080304
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20080304180412
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-08-015730
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20080229
FILED AS OF DATE:		20080304
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20080304

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BIRO TIMOTHY G
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001212591

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-33688
		FILM NUMBER:		08665381

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		234 BERSHAM DRIVE
		CITY:			HUDSON
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44236
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3306533191

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DATATRAK INTERNATIONAL INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000886530
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE [7372]
		IRS NUMBER:				341685364
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			OH
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6150 PARKLAND BLVD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 100
		CITY:			MAYFIELD HEIGHTS
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44124
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4404430082

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6150 PARKLAND BLVD
		STREET 2:		STE 100
		CITY:			MAYFIELD HEIGHTS
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44124

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	COLLABORATIVE CLINICAL RESEARCH INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19960311
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Beneficial ownership of these securities was reported on a previously filed Form 3, Form 4 or Form 5.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Options were granted under the Company's Amended and Restated 1996 Outside Directors Stock Option Plan in reliance upon the exemption provided by Rule 16b-3.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Options were granted under the Company's Amended and Restated Outside Directors Stock Option Plan in reliance upon the exemption provided by Rule 16b-3.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Options were granted under the Company's 2005 Omnibus Equity Plan in reliance upon the exemption provided by Rule 16b-3.  The options are fully vested and immediately exercisable.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

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        <signatureName>/s/ Timothy G. Biro, by Arthur C. Hall III, his attorney-in-fact, pursuant to Power of Attorney, dated October 28, 2005, on file with the Commission.</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2008-03-04</signatureDate>
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