Perceptive Informatics Converges EDC, RTSM Solutions

Perceptive Informatics has launched product convergence between its DataLabs EDC solution and ClinPhone Randomisation and Trial Supply Management (RTSM) technologies. New functionality in the DataLabs EDC solution has created advanced interoperability with the ClinPhone RTSM technologies, allowing the use of either system for randomising patients and dispensing medication.

Bill Byrom, senior director of product strategy at Perceptive Informatics, said: In order to further simplify workflow and enable users to perform activities using whichever system is best suited to their preferences, we are continuing to blur the boundaries between our EDC and RTSM solutions.

Fueled by the next version of Perceptive’s EDC solution, this latest achievement in true convergence represents a radical shift in the way technologies can be used together to accelerate clinical trials.

The company said that the convergence between the EDC and RTSM solutions in eClinical Suite significantly simplifies workflow, making it easy for clinical site personnel to use both technology solutions seamlessly within a single clinical trial.

The DataLabs EDC system can be used as an interface to the ClinPhone RTSM technologies so that clinical sites can randomise and dispense medication in real time. Users can perform these activities without logging into a second system, eliminating the need to enter data via phone or online, then reconcile within the EDC system at a later time.

Key features of the greater convergence available in Perceptive’s EDC-RTSM solutions include: patient randomisation – enables sites to randomise a patient from the DataLabs EDC system, an advanced capability not available in typical stand alone EDC systems Medication dispensing sites can request dispensation of medication or devices for patients as needed, directly from the EDC system, without logging into a second system.

Request replacement – sites can request a replacement for a previously assigned medication or device in the case of damage, loss, or other reason.

The dataLabs system, a EDC solution from Perceptive Informatics with a user-friendly interface, is suitable for all types and sizes of clinical trials. In addition to the tight interoperability with RTSM functionality, DataLabs provides a single electronic clinical data management platform to unify the functionality of paper data entry (PDE) with the flexibility of EDC.

The hybrid capability enables studies to include sites using paper CRFs and support existing paper processes such as collection of extraneous paper data, providing sponsors with the ability to choose their preferred method of data collection.