Patient data mining for clinical trials
First Claim
1. A system for selecting prospective participants in a clinical trial, comprising:
- a data source containing patient information, at least some of the patient information obtained from mining unstructured patient records; and
a clinical trials brokerage for retrieving a set of patient records from the data source and generating a list of persons who meet specified criteria associated with the clinical trial.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a system and method for selecting prospective patients for a clinical trial. In various embodiments, a clinical trials brokerage is configured to receive requests from drug companies for lists of persons meeting specified criteria for clinical trials. Patient records are retrieved from a structured computerized patient record (CPR) data warehouse populated with comprehensive patient information mined from unstructured hospital records. A list of persons for whom consent was obtained can be outputted and forwarded to the entity interested in performing the clinical trial and which requested the list. Anonymity of a patient can be maintained until the patient provides consent to participate in the clinical trial.
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35 Claims
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1. A system for selecting prospective participants in a clinical trial, comprising:
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a data source containing patient information, at least some of the patient information obtained from mining unstructured patient records; and
a clinical trials brokerage for retrieving a set of patient records from the data source and generating a list of persons who meet specified criteria associated with the clinical trial. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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2. The system of claim 1, wherein the clinical trials brokerage is configured to obtain consent from one or more the person meeting the specified criteria.
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12. A method for selecting prospective participants in a clinical trial, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a request for a list of persons meeting specified criteria associated with a clinical trial; and
retrieving a set of patient records from a data source to determine persons meeting the specified criteria. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. The method of claim 12, wherein information about each person in the list is generated.
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33-1. A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable on the machine to perform method steps for selecting prospective participants in a clinical trial, the method steps comprising:
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receiving a request for a list of persons meeting specified criteria associated with a clinical trial; and
retrieving a set of patient records from a data source to determine persons meeting the specified criteria.
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- 34. The method of claim 12, wherein the information includes information regarding previous clinical trials that the person participated in.
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34-2. A system for selecting prospective clinical trials for an individual patient, comprising:
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a clinical trials database;
a data source containing patient information; and
a clinical trials brokerage for generating a list of clinical trials for patients meeting specified criteria associated with the clinical trials.
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