System and method for facilitating centralized candidate selection and monitoring subject participation in clinical trial studies
First Claim
1. A method for facilitating centralized and standardized ratings of subjects in clinical trial studies, the method comprising:
- training raters located at at least one central rater site to employ substantially similar criteria for at least one of recruiting qualified subjects and collecting information from the qualified subjects; and
interviewing the qualified subjects by the raters located at the at least one central rater site, wherein the interviewing is to accomplish the at least one of recruiting qualified subjects and collecting information from the qualified subjects.
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Abstract
A system and method of facilitating centralized and standardized remote ratings of subjects in clinical trial studies includes providing training to raters located at one or more central rating sites such that the raters are trained to apply substantially similar criteria in determining whether a candidate is a qualified subject for the clinical trial and/or in the actual assessment, or information collection, phase of the clinical trail. By having centralized, consistently trained raters that are independent of clinical trial investigators, inter-rater reliability is enhanced and potential bias is reduced, thus increasing the effectiveness of the clinical trial results by providing more qualified subjects and more accurate results.
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1. A method for facilitating centralized and standardized ratings of subjects in clinical trial studies, the method comprising:
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training raters located at at least one central rater site to employ substantially similar criteria for at least one of recruiting qualified subjects and collecting information from the qualified subjects; and
interviewing the qualified subjects by the raters located at the at least one central rater site, wherein the interviewing is to accomplish the at least one of recruiting qualified subjects and collecting information from the qualified subjects. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for facilitating centralized and standardized ratings of subjects in clinical trial studies, the system comprising:
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at least one central rater site comprising raters that are trained to employ consistent criteria for at least one of recruiting qualified subjects and collecting information from the qualified subjects; and
at least one satellite site, coupled to the at least one central rater site, at which study candidates are interviewed by the raters to determine at least one of whether the candidates are qualified subjects and to provide information to the raters. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30)
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29. A computer-readable medium storing program code which, when executed on a computerized device, causes the computerized device to execute a method for centralized and standardized ratings of subjects in clinical trial studies, the method comprising:
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training raters located at at least one central rater site to employ substantially similar criteria for at least one of recruiting qualified subjects and collecting information from the qualified subjects, wherein the at least one central rater site is at least one of a similar physical location or a virtual location; and
interviewing qualified subject by the raters located at the at least one central rater site, wherein the interviewing is to accomplish the at least one of recruiting qualified subjects and collecting information from the qualified subjects. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32)
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