| Literature DB >> 33215078 |
Johannes Pung1, Otto Rienhoff1.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Managing participants and their data are fundamental for the success of a clinical trial. Our review identifies and describes processes that deal with management of trial participants and highlights information technology (IT) assistance for clinical research in the context of participant management.Entities:
Keywords: clinical trials as topic; data management; information systems; medical informatics; research subjects
Year: 2020 PMID: 33215078 PMCID: PMC7660951 DOI: 10.1093/jamiaopen/ooaa041
Source DB: PubMed Journal: JAMIA Open ISSN: 2574-2531
Database search strategy
| 1 | (“participant management” OR “trial patient management” OR “study patient management” OR “volunteer management” OR “subject management” OR “trial management” OR “research management” OR “study management” OR “workflow management” OR “task management” OR “project management” OR “identity management” OR “pseudonymization service*” OR “pseudonymisation service*” OR “trusted third party” OR “consent management” OR “electronic consent” OR “electronic informed consent” OR “digital consent” OR “digital informed consent” OR “econsent” OR “e-consent” OR “participant management system*” OR “patient management system*” OR “recruitment system*” OR “enrollment system*” OR “eClinical”) |
| AND ( | |
| 2 | (participant* AND (“clinical study” OR “clinical studies” OR “clinical trial*” OR “clinical research”) OR patient* AND (study OR studies OR trial* OR research)) OR volunteer* AND (“clinical study” OR “clinical studies” OR “clinical trial*” OR “clinical research”) OR “human subject*” OR “research subject*”) |
| 3 | OR (“clinical trial*” OR “clinical research” OR “clinical study” OR “clinical studies”) |
| ) |
Figure 1.Flow diagram of the literature selection process.
Figure 2.Clinical trial management process from start to finish, highlighting processes with trial participant involvement over time. IT systems provide support for the corresponding processes.
Characteristics of reviewed articles
| Article | Trial process | IT assistance |
|---|---|---|
| Afrin et al, | Recruitment | Recruitment support system |
| Bergmann et al, | Enrollment | Electronic informed consent, digital consent management |
| Aamot et al, | Enrollment | Identity management, pseudonymization service |
| Abshire et al, | Participation—managing administrative data | Task- and workflow management system, visit scheduling system, clinical trial management system, clinical research management system |
e-Consent management divided into 3 levels, describing the options of collecting and using structured data in e-consent
| Level | Type | Structure | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Level I | Paper consent form | No structured data | Consent on a paper form, which is scanned and kept electronically |
| Level II | Paper and e-consent form | Some structured data | Consent on a paper form, which is transferred into an electronic format (manually or by automatic parsing of paper-based consent scans) |
| Level III | e-consent form | Structured data | Consent in an electronic form. IT systems can interpret and process participants consent decisions from structured data |
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