CRF has noticed a funny thing about patients filling out clinical trial diaries in India and eastern Europe. The data are immaculate. The patients are highly compliant, to the tune of doing 95-98 percent of what they’re supposed to. Rachael King, the new CEO at CRF, isn’t sure what cultural factors explain that performance. “It’s very hard…more...
Say you need someone to do something for you in Singapore. It turns out it’s rude to leave someone a few voice mail messages. Even several email requests are a bit of a no-no. Instead, communication via so-called “text” or short messaging systems (SMS) is the norm and the Emily-Post approved technique. That works for Pfizer. The…more...
For years, we’ve been mocking it. There have been unkind remarks. Words like antique, prehistoric, pre-computer, Elizabethan. “Dickensian” is our favorite. We’re talking about ... paper. Then we found ourselves on the phone with a gentleman who makes a good argument for paper. “We provide immediate information for the sponsor or CRO. But we keep it very…more...
We were in Dallas last week. The 2008 Society for Clinical Data Management (SCDM) conference presented an award for “data-driven” innovation. The format of the award is to assess what a technology vendor and a sponsor firm can do together. The 2008 winners: Arrowhead Electronic Healthcare and Bayer Healthcare. They’ve been working together since 2001. This project…more...
Say you spent a lot of money on the latest and greatest electronic data capture (EDC) solution, and the software purveyors came out and set it up and put your staff through training for a day or two, and then ... shook your hand and disappeared. Now what? What to do about help-desk services? What if several…more...
It’s a common problem. Stroll around with $193 million in cash for a while, as Phase Forward has, and soon you will find something to purchase. So it was with Clarix Informatics, a provider of an interactive voice response system (IVRS) that became the latest technology to be added to the Phase Forward cupboard. Last week’s deal…more...
It’s easy to get bedazzled by smartphones that can deliver patient-reported outcomes (PRO). But that may not be the most common way that the industry is trying to record such data. The Pittsburgh e-diary company, invivodata, has examined some 5,000 clinical trials from the 2007 time frame in clinicaltrials.gov. Using that data, its own projects, and those…more...
Electronic patient-reported outcome systems are in high demand. Over the past six months, there has been an unprecedented number of new devices for research. Now there’s another one, due next week. At the 2008 annual meeting of the Drug Information Association (DIA), which holds its mega-event in Boston this year, PHT will announce support for a new…more...
January 8, 2009
PHT offers a new Windows device from HP for recording patient experiences.
With a sleek computer for sites, the Pittsburgh firm offers a larger canvas for electronic patient-reported outcomes (ePRO).
Ed Tourtellotte says slow, customized randomization is holding back the industry.
Two top firms, each specializing in different approaches to gathering patient experiences, will partner to help sponsors find the right technology.
At a user meeting later this month, invivodata will unveil a new device from a company other than Palm.
Using a tablet PC and the Apple phone, assiTek says larger screens can be helpful to science and sites.
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