The use of routinely collected healthcare records for outcome assessment in clinical trials : a UK perspective

The use of routinely collected electronic healthcare records (EHR) for outcome assessment in clinical trials has been described as a 'disruptive' new technique more than a decade ago. Despite this potential, significant methodological issues and regulatory barriers have hampered the progress in this area. This article discusses the key considerations that trialists should take into account when incorporating EHR into their trials. These include considerations of the clinical relevance of the outcome, data timeliness and quality, ethical and regulatory issues, and some practical considerations for clinical trials units. In addition, this article describes the benefits of using EHR which include cost, reduced trial burden for participants and staff, follow up efficiencies, and improved health economic evaluation procedures. We also describe the major regulatory and start up costs of using EHR in clinical trials. This article focuses on the UK specific EHR landscape in clinical trials and would help researchers and trials units considering the use of this method of outcome data collection in their next trial. If the issues described are mitigated, this method will be a formidable tool for conducting pragmatic clinical trials.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Current medical research and opinion - (2024) vom: 02. Apr., Seite 1-6

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sathyanarayanan, Abilash [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article
Methods
Records
Review
Statistics
Trials

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Date Revised 02.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status Publisher

doi:

10.1080/03007995.2024.2333441

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM370015614