Bridging the gap between tech vendors and Sponsors

For many years,we have had a gap between the vision that technology vendors have for how their systems work within a clinical trial and the reality. For example, the idea that an EDC system can be used to fully clean clinical trial data is simply wrong. In reality, we often see extensive use of external tools such as Excel spreadsheets and trackers used to ‘glue’ the eClinical technologies together.

For the users involved, these are real world pragmatic solutions to problems they are facing. To an organisation, they can be silo’s of data and information about the true state of a clinical trial.

To bridge the gap between perception and reality, it is necessary to look in detail on how data gets from a source to a final destination. For clinical trial data capture, that involves looking at each of the data sources and determining the review, cleaning and locking steps. This is not just about understanding, it is also determining how the status of data can be manifested at any time.

ClinFlo Consulting are data flow specialists. We map out the lifecycle of data ensuring transparency and awareness is achieved at all times. This leads to the ability to make early decisions on risks and to take action.