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A Metadata Extraction Approach for Clinical Case Reports to Enable Advanced Understanding of Biomedical Concepts
Published on: September 20, 2018
Design and implementation of an institutional case report form library
Meredith Nahm1, John Shepherd, Ann Buzenberg
1Duke Translational Medicine Institute, Durham, NC, USA. meredith.nahm@duke.edu
Clinical Trials (London, England)
|December 18, 2010
Summary
Enhancing institutional Case Report Form (CRF) libraries improves data accessibility for clinical research. This initiative successfully expanded CRF library use, though broader awareness remains a challenge.
Area of Science:
- Clinical research informatics
- Data management in clinical trials
Background:
- Case Report Forms (CRFs) are crucial for clinical research data collection.
- Developing CRFs is time-intensive and impacts study success.
- CRF libraries can preserve knowledge and expedite data sharing.
Purpose of the Study:
- To enhance an institutional CRF library by improving information indexing and accessibility.
- To describe the development and implementation of an improved CRF library.
- To discuss challenges and future directions for CRF library utilization.
Main Methods:
- Expanded institutional access to the CRF library.
- Incorporated additional form attributes for enhanced information retrieval.
- Established a formal process for information curation and maintenance using an open-source content management system (Plone).
Main Results:
- The CRF library grew to 177 CRFs (1.5 GB), with 82 CRFs available institution-wide.
- The library supports an estimated 37 investigators monthly.
- Library curation and maintenance require less than 10% of one full-time employee's effort.
Conclusions:
- CRF libraries can be successfully established and broadly utilized by institutional researchers.
- Ongoing curation and maintenance are essential for CRF library functionality.
- Raising investigator awareness of these resources is critical for maximizing their impact.
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