Clinical Trials Can Be As Simple As Collect, Decide, And Act

BY Richard Young, Vice President, Vault CDMS

Get drugs to market faster with transformed data collection

Clinical trials come in many shapes and sizes today, from the simple ‘feed and bleed’ to the complex, adaptive, multi-phase ‘umbrella’ approach, and every imaginable permutation in between. Defining what a clinical trial is in a few simple words is exceptionally difficult. It is however very easy to define the stages that are common in a clinical trial. First, we design our study, determining the data we wish to collect. Second, we use that accumulating data to decide how our clinical trial is progressing. Finally, we act upon those decisions.

Data is the foundation of these stages and the ability to manage it will determine our success in executing clinical trials. EDC systems are at the heart of data management and as a result, the clinical trial strategy.