TCS Launches ‘Connected Clinical Trials’ Platform on its Advanced Drug Development Suite

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has launched Connected Clinical Trials (CCT), an innovative Software as a Service (SaaS) platform that reportedly enables pharmaceutical companies to significantly transform patient engagement in clinical trials and improve the efficiency and accountability of the clinical supply process.

CCT is part of TCS’ Advanced Drug Development (ADD) suite that offers a wide range of cloud based clinical services, including Clinical Data Management, Metadata Management, Pharmacovigilance, and Data Analytics and Insights. ADD is powered by a cognitive engine called ‘Decision Fabric’ that enables automation of complex business processes. ADD can leverage the best of cloud architecture and intuitive user experience design in compliance with “good clinical practice” quality guidelines (GCP) and privacy regulations.

TCS’ Connected Clinical Trials Platform provides a scalable cloud solution that addresses patients’ needs through various clinical trial stages, including enrolment, treatment and follow-up stages.

CCT includes four modules:

• CCT Tracking: utilizes scanners to track all medication kit transactions at the site to prevent dispensing errors, ensuring that the correct medication kit is given to the right patient at the right time.

• CCT Communication: provides patient-specific, real-time notifications, dosing instructions, tutorial videos via smart phones, enables continuous adverse event data collection, and facilitates personalized patient support in medication dosing and study procedures.

• CCT Label: employs patient specific and easily readable all-in-one electronic drug labels in the patient's preferred language.

• CCT Adherence: enables registration and verification of individual intake via sensor enabled medication packages (smart packages) to eliminate guesswork for medication intake, ensuring that the right pill is taken at the right time.

   

Janssen Research & Development, LLC collaborated with TCS to build-out TCS’ Connected Clinical Trials (CCT) platform, as part of the Janssen integrated Smart Trial and Engagement Platform.

The CCT platform has also been tested and proven in a live set-up at TCS’ state-of-the-art User Experience labs with global patient and site advisory boards. This was conducted in collaboration with the Center for Information and Study on Clinical Research Participation (CISCRP), an independent non-profit organization dedicated to educating and informing the public and patients about clinical research.