Integrated data collection and analysis for clinical study
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1. A method of conducting a clinical trial for a drug comprising:
- generating a protocol for conducting the clinical trial for the drug and providing the protocol to a host data collection system;
implanting an implantable sensor into a plurality of patients enrolled in the clinical trial, where the implantable sensor provides data to the host data collection system;
collecting data from the implantable sensor at the host data collection system during the clinical trial;
analyzing the data collected at the host data collection system; and
submitting a conclusion of the clinical study based upon the analyzed data to a reviewing authority.
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Abstract
A data collection system includes remote, implantable sensors for monitoring one or more patient parameters, collecting and processing data from those sensors and utilizing that data in the performance of a clinical study of a drug or other pharmacological agent. The system assists with preparation of a protocol for a clinical trial; presentation of that protocol; assuring compliance with the protocol; and generating useful results from data collected via the system and externally for presentation to an approval forum.
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1. A method of conducting a clinical trial for a drug comprising:
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generating a protocol for conducting the clinical trial for the drug and providing the protocol to a host data collection system;
implanting an implantable sensor into a plurality of patients enrolled in the clinical trial, where the implantable sensor provides data to the host data collection system;
collecting data from the implantable sensor at the host data collection system during the clinical trial;
analyzing the data collected at the host data collection system; and
submitting a conclusion of the clinical study based upon the analyzed data to a reviewing authority. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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4. The method of clam 3, further comprising receiving mandated modifications from the investigational review board at the host data collection system, wherein the host data collection system generates a revised protocol for presentation to a sponsor of the study based upon the mandated modifications.
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16. An electronic system for conducting a clinical trial for a drug, the system comprising:
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a server, the server including;
a protocol module for maintaining a protocol for the clinical trial;
a communication interface for facilitating electronic communication remote from the server; and
a database including a patient record for each of the patients enrolled in the clinical trial for the drug and associated with the electronic system;
a sponsor interface for providing electronic communication between the server and a sponsor of the clinical trial for the drug; and
a plurality of implantable sensors for implantation into a plurality of the patients enrolled in the clinical trial for the drug, wherein the plurality of implantable sensors sense a parameter relevant to an evaluation of the drug in the clinical trial and the parameter is communicated from a given implantable sensor to the server and associated with the patient record in the database corresponding to the given implantable sensor. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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