Clinical Trial Management Systems (CTMS) offer an extremely rich set of features and functions; often more functionality than is required by the average mid-size clinical enterprise. The cost and effort to implement such systems can be burdensome, and much of the expense is wasted on functionality that goes under-utilized because it doesn’t meet the needs of the study team.

Paragon’s Life Sciences Clinical Practice has developed a custom-tailored, scalable alternative to large CTMS systems. Clinical Trial Collaboration solutions, which are built with off-the-shelf technologies, are a better investment than CTMS for many companies because of their ability to streamline processes, increase collaboration across the study team, and provide oversight into study performance.

Clinical Practice Director Chip Kalfaian, an expert in clinical operations, has worked extensively in the areas of clinical development process optimization, organizational change management, sourcing strategies, clinical information systems, and related regulation. In his white paper entitled Clinical Trial Management Systems Are Not All They’re Cracked Up to Be, Kalfaian explains how, unlike CTMS, Clinical Trial Collaboration solutions focus less on data and more on process. Built on a user-friendly portal platform such as Microsoft Office SharePoint Services 2007 (MOSS), Clinical Trial Collaboration solutions deliver a powerful, flexible platform for clinical study collaboration, workflow, alerts, and integration.

To read Kalfaian’s executive briefing in its entirety, download the PDF.