Drug accountability for clinical trials

Edited by the Laboratorytalk editorial team Jun 19, 2006

ClinPhone announces the launch of ClinPhone drug accountability, the first complete web-based electronic solution to enable central management of the entire clinical supply chain

ClinPhone has introduced its drug accountability solution following extensive research which identified the clinical trial industry's need to improve the current drug accountability management process.

For clinical trials, the regulations require that all investigational materials are properly accounted for and reconciled from start to finish.

ClinPhone's solution helps pharmaceutical sponsors effectively comply with the requirements and demonstrate a full chain of custody for every medication unit from dispatch to dispensation and destruction.

ClinPhone drug accountability allows sponsors to create and maintain electronic documentation for the whole drug accountability process by seamlessly capturing and integrating data from site, monitor and distribution depot users.

It facilitates management and tracking of each unit of clinical supplies including receipt at distribution depots and investigative sites, dispensing to patients, return of medication packs from patients, return of used medication packs to distribution depots and final destruction of supplies.

Its intuitive and user-friendly features include electronic dispensing and returns logs, downloadable data for off-line use by study monitors and real-time reporting.

ClinPhone drug accountability is a natural and logical extension of ClinPhone's market-leading trial supply management services.

Fully integrated with the company's Interactive Voice Response (IVR) and Interactive Web Response (IWR) solutions, it facilitates centralized management of the entire clinical supply chain from distribution to destruction.

The real-time access to accurate, quality data allows sponsors to gain complete visibility of the status of every used and unused pack associated with the study.

The solution helps minimize paper-based operations, thereby removing the need to consolidate and reconcile data from numerous sources.

Utilizing ClinPhone drug accountability, sponsors and users can enjoy the benefits of a simplified and streamlined workflow for managing the entire drug accountability, reconciliation, returns and destruction processes.

Patrick Hughes, strategic business development and marketing director at ClinPhone, comments: "We have introduced this product in direct response to a market need for more rigorous drug accountability processes".

"It is vital for every sponsor to be fully aware of the status and location of every single medication unit from the beginning to the end of a clinical trial".

"By integrating and centralizing information through technology, sponsors are able to eliminate previous discrepancies and ensure the integrity of the data".

"This is a product we are particularly excited about as it is the first of its kind in the marketplace.".