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MindTrial: An Intelligent System for Clinical Trials

Yugyung Lee1, Deendayal Dinakarpandian, Nikhilesh Katakam

  • 1University of Missouri - Kansas City, MO.

AMIA ... Annual Symposium Proceedings. AMIA Symposium
|February 25, 2011
PubMed

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Recruiting patients for clinical trials is difficult, especially for psychiatric disorders. MindTrial is a new online system designed to improve patient recruitment efficiency and quality for these trials.

Area of Science:

  • Clinical Research
  • Psychiatric Disorders
  • Medical Informatics

Background:

  • Clinical trial subject recruitment is crucial for developing new disease cures.
  • Current recruitment methods are inefficient, consuming significant resources.
  • Recruiting for trials involving psychiatric populations presents unique challenges.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop an enhanced online system for clinical trial recruitment.
  • To improve the efficiency and quality of patient recruitment for psychiatric disorder research.
  • To facilitate specific matching between trial criteria and potential volunteers.

Main Methods:

  • Development of a prototype online system named MindTrial.
  • Implementation of an intelligent component for specific matching.
  • Focus on self-enrollment of patient volunteers.

Main Results:

  • The MindTrial system demonstrates potential for enhancing recruitment efficiency.
  • The intelligent matching component facilitates specific participant identification.
  • The system aims to increase the number of suitable patient volunteers.

Conclusions:

  • MindTrial offers a valuable solution for optimizing clinical trial recruitment, particularly for psychiatric studies.
  • The online, intelligent system can improve the selection of patient volunteers for drug development trials.
  • This approach addresses key inefficiencies in current clinical trial recruitment strategies.

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