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In the Beginning...
It can be argued that the first true remote data entry tool was an interactive voice response (IVR) system. An IVR will allow you to collect data for a clinical trial from anywhere in the world, at any time of the day or night. All IVR systems use the same interface - a telephone handset with 12 possible responses. What could be better? Worldwide access and a standard user interface that is very simple to use.
Then came the Internet. Now all we hear about is the World Wide Web, the Internet and how IVR is a dying technology. Every clinical trial manager with more than two weeks' experience has heard the electronic data capture (EDC) sales pitch. For the last five years EDC vendors have been saying: "In the next five years, all clinical trials will be paperless". Of course, no-one wants to talk about the costs of outfitting 250 sites around the world with computers, Internet connectivity and end user training. Secondly, what happens in those countries where less than five per cent of the population have access to a computer?
Naturally, both technologies have benefits and limitations. Whilst IVR has a simple interface, it is very cumbersome on complex systems. The web interface can handle a complex system, but at what cost? What if we were able to converge both technologies and create a combination that is better than one on its own? A technology alloy!
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4th Annual Patient Recruitment and Retention in Clinical Trials
13-15 October 2008, Amsterdam
Patient recruitment
is now consuming thirty percent of clinical trial time - more time than any
other clinical trial activity - and almost half of all trial delays result from
patient recruitment problems.
As the
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striving to discover new strategies to facilitate enrollment in clinical
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