It’s not exactly a news flash that there are major problems with paper patient diaries in clinical trials. Let’s just take two massively important problems: Patients don’t fill out paper diaries when they say they do. And there’s no need to puzzle out something scrawled in another language, because the electronic systems can automatically present the answers…more...

invivodata is one of a select number of firms—along with Arrowhead, CRF, PHT,  and Symfo—specializing in handheld electronic diaries to record patient experiences in clinical trials. At the 2007 annual Drug Information Association (DIA) meeting, ClinPage chatted with invivodata founders Saul Shiffman and Jean Paty. Shiffman’s additional titles include chief science officer; Paty is senior VP, scientific,…more...

Symfo, a provider of electronic patient reported outcome (ePRO) solutions for clinical trials, announced that its SymPhone eDiary is now equipped for wireless or landline data transfers. The SymPhone now offers sponsors the flexible solution of letting patients send data either through wireless (GSM) or landline (IDR) technology, whichever is the most convenient. “By adding the dual…more...

On the eve of the Drug Information Association (DIA) meeting next week, ClinPhone announced ClinPhone Compact. It’s a web-based tool, using the telephone and the internet, to manage patient randomization and drug supplies. To use the jargon, Compact is both an interactive voice response (IVR) and interactive web response (IWR) system. This means that the official news…more...