Yesterday, in a separate story, we talked with consultant George Laszlo about clinical data repository (CDR) functionality and terminology. This article is more forward-looking, and mentions some choices and long-term benefits for a CDR. Laszlo thinks the industry should ponder where clean clinical trial data should live. How easily will ad hoc reports be run off that bucket? Laszlo is the first to admit every company in the industry will have its own preferences and solutions. But he’s not sure the existing landscape of clinical data management systems (CDMS) and electronic data capture (EDC) solutions will be adequate to the task of working with clinical trial and other types of data a) after it has been cleaned and b) in a validated manner that serves everyone at a sponsor company. Where To Put It? Many sponsors of clinical trials, he says, are slowly waking up to the fact that some data…more...