Bottleneck #2: Query Management

Simply put, fewer queries = more reliable data, shorter timelines, and fewer resources spent correcting missteps. Not to mention that query rates are one of the deciding factors that determine whether or not your trial can support efficiency-boosting design adaptations.

When it comes to capturing and handling data, you need automation, speed, convenience, and — above all — quality. Agile technology fine-tunes the process for every study, site, and individual interviewer based on an advanced set of metrics that tracks site performance and trends. With our tools, you can be positive that your data is in the best hands possible at every touchpoint.

Featured Case Study: Phase III, CNS/Alzheimer's

Challenge: The study planners didn’t realize it at the time, but their patient population’s normal body temperature is slightly lower than the average 98.6°F. Thus, a lot of queries were being flagged for out-of-range vital signs, interfering with data integrity and slowing the trial’s progress.

Solution: In traditional studies, query trends like this aren’t usually detected until they’ve consumed huge amounts of time and resources — often too late to salvage the trial’s results. Thanks to our Agile technology, we were automatically alerted to the oddity as soon as it registered a trend — almost immediately after enrollment began. Once we identified the oversight, adjusting the acceptable range and educating sites was easy and instantaneous.

Results: By detecting the problem early, we solved it before it could eat away at our sponsors’ timeline and budget. On top of that, eradicating the faulty queries freed up resources, allowing us, our sponsor, and our sites to focus instead on fine-tuning the overall research strategy and seeking new opportunities for efficiency.

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