The need for less expensive and more efficient clinical trials has increased in recent years with drug discovery occurring at an explosive rate, and yet the clinical trials process has changed very little over the past decade, an information technologies expert says.
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As every clinical trials administrator knows, its difficult to predict every problem and extra cost that might occur during a lengthy trial process. But with experience and following best practice guidelines, an administrator may find that all goes as well as planned.
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It started with the research nurses but soon other staff involved in clinical trials wanted to take part in the comprehensive training program being offered at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Last year, the clinical research training program received the 2003 award of excellence for best practice from the Bethesda, MD-based Health Improvement Institute.
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Research program administrators often find that its difficult to convince investigators to attend voluntary education courses, but this doesnt mean that institutions should give up on educating researchers. At least one institution has found a way to indirectly teach and update investigators about clinical trials rules, regulations, and processes.
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The nine years that have gone into developing COEUS have resulted in software that research institutions may use, modify, and improve as they seek greater efficiency in data collection for research. COEUS brings core data from the study proposal and starts the set-up from the award process, says Stephen D. Dowdy, assistant director of MITs Office of Sponsored Programs, where COEUS was developed.
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