| abstract |
An Internet-based clinical trial management center (FIG. 1 ) that communicates with a base of users ( 12 ), participating in a clinical trial and enables the users to access and manage data ( 49 ), as well as obtain the products of data processing ( 40 ), according to each user's role in the clinical trial. The management center ( 40 ) captures data from different data sources, that is, user-operational devices, and transforms the data into a common format for storage in a database ( 49 ). Data processed by the management center ( 40 ) is converted from the common format to one suitable for a receiving device operated by the user ( 12 ) who is to receive the data. At a workflow level, the management center implements a clinical data interchange pipeline (CDIP) to allow data to be transported in a flow in a given direction and intercepted throughout its flow for processing by applications having different formats and transport protocols in a seamless manner. |