System for conducting clinical trials

There is disclosed a system ( 1 ) for conducting a clinical trial of a pharmaceutical substance on a plurality of trial participants. The system ( 1 ) includes a central database ( 2 ) having a memory means in communication with a database means, one or more trial sites each having a remote computer...

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1. Verfasser: MCMAHON STEPHEN,NEAL BRUCE
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Zusammenfassung:There is disclosed a system ( 1 ) for conducting a clinical trial of a pharmaceutical substance on a plurality of trial participants. The system ( 1 ) includes a central database ( 2 ) having a memory means in communication with a database means, one or more trial sites each having a remote computer ( 3 ) located remotely from the central database ( 2 ) and in communication therewith, the central database ( 2 ) being configured to receive predetermined parameters of the trial, both the central database ( 2 ) and the remote computers ( 3 ) being configured to receive predetermined trial data from one or more trial participants, the central database ( 2 ) being configured to control and track the ordering, allocation and dispensing of the pharmaceutical substances and compiling a pharmaceutical substance inventory record on the central database, and the central database ( 2 ) being configured to terminate the clinical trial in response to one or more predetermined trial termination conditions. A method of conducting a clinical trial of a pharmaceutical substance on a plurality of trial participants is also disclosed.