Automated matching software for clinical trials eligibility: Measuring efficiency and flexibility

• Published in: Contemporary clinical trials Vol. 31; no. 3; pp. 207 - 217
• Main Authors: Penberthy, Lynne, Brown, Richard, Puma, Federico, Dahman, Bassam
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.05.2010; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Automation; Biological and medical sciences; Cardiovascular; Clinical trial. Drug monitoring; Clinical trials; Clinical Trials as Topic; Community Participation; Computerized, statistical medical data processing and models in biomedicine; Eligibility; Female; General pharmacology; Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Medicine; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Models and simulation; Patient Selection; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; Pilot Projects; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Research Design; Retrospective Studies; Software; Teaching. Deontology. Ethics. Legislation; Young Adult; Clinical trials; Automation; Eligibility; Performance evaluation; Human; Methodology; Efficiency; Pilot test; Clinical trial; Software; Flexibility

Abstract Background Clinical trials (CT) serve as the media that translates clinical research into standards of care. Low or slow recruitment leads to delays in delivery of new therapies to the public. Determination of eligibility in all patients is one of the most important factors to assure unbias...