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        <issuerName>DATATRAK INTERNATIONAL INC</issuerName>
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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>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Robert M. Stote, 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>2009-05-20</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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