Development of a AI-enabled Web Application with a Recruitment Point System for Managing Clinical Trial Participants

开发具有招募点系统的人工智能网络应用程序，用于管理临床试验参与者

• 批准号: 562744-2021
• 负责人: Tyagi, Purnima
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: Centennial College
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2021-01-01 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=724663
• 关键词: Development; AI; enabled; Web; Application

Recruitment of clinical trial participants is the biggest challenge for Dicentra, like any other CROs, and it iscurrently carried out by engaging traditional media advertising means - which is highly ineffective andcontributes to clinical trials being so expensive. Conventional recruitment approach costs approximately $200per trial per participant. As a CRO, Dicentra is currently facing challenges with the recruitment, retention andmanagement of their clinical trial participants, data management and data quality control. In order to overcomethese challenges, Dicentra will collaborate with WITMACH to develop a platform-independent, user-friendly,Artificial Intelligence (AI) enabled web application to collect and manage potentially interested participants'information, identify appropriate participants from their database for specific clinical trials based on a set ofpre-defined criteria, encourage participants to invite their friends for the trials. The solution will also integratean innovative recruitment point system which can significantly reduce their recruitment cost (< 1/10th). ManyCRO's have referral programs, but none are built into a web platform where points are immediatelyredeemable, and the user can view the balance of their points account in real time. The web applicationdeveloped in the proposed project will provide an organic growth tool for Dicentra to overcome some of theirbiggest challenges in conducting clinical trials.

与任何其他CRO一样，临床试验参与者的招募是Dicentra面临的最大挑战，目前它是通过传统媒体广告手段进行的，这种方式效率极低，并且导致临床试验如此昂贵。传统的招募方法每例受试者每次试验的费用约为200美元。作为一家CRO，Dicentra目前面临着招募、保留和管理临床试验参与者、数据管理和数据质量控制的挑战。为了克服这些挑战，Dicentra将与WITMACH合作开发一个独立于平台的、用户友好的、支持人工智能（AI）的Web应用程序，以收集和管理潜在感兴趣的参与者的信息，根据一组预定义的标准从他们的数据库中为特定的临床试验识别合适的参与者，鼓励参与者邀请他们的朋友参加试验。该解决方案还将整合创新的招聘积分系统，可显著降低招聘成本（< 1/10）。许多CRO都有推荐程序，但没有一个是内置在一个网络平台上的，在这个平台上，积分可以立即兑换，用户可以真实的查看他们积分账户的余额。在拟议项目中开发的Web应用程序将为Dicentra提供一个有机增长工具，以克服他们在进行临床试验时面临的一些最大挑战。