Case Study | Global Contract Research Organization (CRO)
elluminate Makes Managing Multiple Data Sources Simple
Collecting clinical trial data from multiple sources is challenging, and often a labor intensive process. Today, the majority of approaches to cleaning, standardizing and publishing data remain manual. Additionally, the number of data sources continue to grow due to industry trends such as the increase in data collection common with decentralized clinical trials (DCTs) models, biomarker management and EHRs. Contract research organizations (CROs) are now challenged to deliver high quality, cost-effective studies in an increasingly complex data environment.
The Challenge For most CROs, the Sponsor dictates which data sources to pull information from. Sponsors typically have a preferred electronic data capture (EDC) system and they have ideas of how they want the data to be gathered. This can include traditional collection by study coordinators at clinical trial sites, or data taken directly from patients via remote technology. Either way, the data needs to be verified, cleaned and formatted in a way as to be useful for researchers, currently a lengthy and burdensome process. One leading global CRO began exploring ways to improve efficiency through a technology partner. Specifically, they hoped to simplify and accelerate the tedious processes of manual data standardization.
Top Global CRO ■ A biopharma and medical device outsourcing service company ■ 18,000+ employees ■ Operations in 50+ countries world wide