Systems and Methods for Using Online Resources to Design a Clinical Study and Recruit Participants
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    发明申请
    Systems and Methods for Using Online Resources to Design a Clinical Study and Recruit Participants 审中-公开
    使用在线资源设计临床研究和招募参与者的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20120072232A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-03-22

    申请号:US13095676

    申请日:2011-04-27

    IPC分类号: G06Q50/22

    CPC分类号: G06Q50/22 G16H10/20

    摘要: The present application is directed to methods and systems for tapping online resources to design a clinical trial and/or recruit participants for the clinical trial. In one embodiment, a system for using online resources to design a clinical trial and/or recruit participants includes one or more web crawlers. Each of the web crawler may be configured to collect data related to one or more specified topics during a community identification phase. A data engine of the system processes the collected data into filtered, relevant information that identifies communities of individuals suitable for recruitment. A patient discovery module may, in a patient discovery phase, develop or use a survey to further target interested patients for recruitment and collect information for designing a suitable study or trial. The system may, in an assessment and communication phase, design a study which may be self-managed by the recruited patients. The study may provide feedback for refining or modifying any one of the above phases. The study may also aim to address certain issues faced by the recruited patients, such as ensuring compliant use of a drug, elimination of side-effects, and using a modified therapy to improve the effectiveness of a drug, etc.

    摘要翻译: 本申请涉及利用在线资源来设计临床试验和/或招募临床试验参与者的方法和系统。 在一个实施例中,用于使用在线资源来设计临床试验和/或招募参与者的系统包括一个或多个网络爬虫。 每个网络抓取器可以被配置为在社区识别阶段期间收集与一个或多个指定主题相关的数据。 系统的数据引擎将收集的数据处理为过滤的相关信息,以识别适合招聘的个人社区。 患者发现模块可以在患者发现阶段中开发或使用调查,以进一步针对感兴趣的患者征募并收集用于设计适合的研究或试验的信息。 该系统可以在评估和通信阶段设计可能由招聘患者自行管理的研究。 该研究可能提供反馈,以提炼或修改任何上述阶段。 研究还可能旨在解决招聘患者面临的某些问题,例如确保药物的顺利使用,消除副作用,并使用改良疗法来提高药物的有效性等。