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  • Oncology
  • Bioinformatics
  • Clinical Trials Data Management

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  • Personalized medicine in oncology requires integrating clinical and translational data.
  • Current UK Clinical Trials Units face challenges due to disparate data formats (clinical vs. translational).
  • This disparity hinders effective data curation, integration, and analysis.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a novel, open-source SQL database schema for academic trial units.
  • To facilitate the integration of diverse clinical and translational data.
  • To provide a cost-effective solution for data sharing and analysis.

Main Methods:

  • Development of an open-source SQL database schema tailored for academic trial units.
  • Design inspired by Cancer Research UK's open data principles and the CONFIRM trial.
  • Demonstration of data querying using statistical software (e.g., R).

Main Results:

  • The schema acts as a central hub for clinical and translational data.
  • Enables seamless data sharing and holistic trial analysis.
  • Facilitates exploration of links between clinical observations and molecular data.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed schema offers a practical, affordable solution for integrating complex trial data.
  • Enhances data accessibility and analysis capabilities for researchers.
  • Accelerates progress towards personalized cancer therapies through improved data integration and collaboration.