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HAND-HELD COMPUTERS TO FACILITATE CLINICAL TRIALS

Award Information
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Branch: N/A
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 8170
Amount: $500,000.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1990
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
Box 324 144 Lyons Rd
Scarsdale, NY 10583
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
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Abstract

CLINICAL TRIALS OF INVESTIGATIONAL NEW DRUGS (INDS) INVOLVE THE COLLECTION, DISPLAY AND ANALYSIS OF LARGE AMOUNTS OF DATA. THE PRESENT PROPOSAL IS TO DEVELOP A COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR CLINICAL TRIAL STUDIES THAT TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THE UNIQUE CAPABILITIES OF THE HAND-HELD COMPUTER (HHC), A POWERFUL MICROCOMPUTER APPROXIMATELY 3" HIGH BY 8" LONG. THE SMALL SIZE AND LIGHT WEIGHT OF THE HHC MAKES IT POSSIBLETO COLLECT AND PROCESS DATA EVEN AT TIMES AND PLACES WHERE LARGER COMPUTERS WOULD BE INACCESSIBLE, SUCH AS THE HOMES OFOUTPATIENTS, OR AN INPATIENT'S BEDSIDE. THE HHC COULD PROVIDE ALARMS AND PROMPTS TO INSURE THAT PATIENTS AND NURSES KNOW WHEN MEDICATIONS, ASSESSMENTS, AND VISITS TO THELABORATORY ARE DUE. THE HHC CAN ADMINISTER CERTAIN ASSESSMENTS ITSELF. DATA SUCH AS TEST RESULTS, SIDE EFFECTS, DOSAGES, AND SYMPTOMS COULD BE QUICKLY RECORDED ANDAUTOMATICALLY STAMPED WITH THE DATE AND TIME. AFTER THE SYSTEM IS DEVELOPED, IT WILL BE REFINED AND EVALUATED IN A SIMULATED CLINICAL TRIAL STUDY. THE EVALUATION WILL ASSESS ITS ACCEPTANCE BY PATIENTS AND CLINICAL STAFF, THE AMOUNT OFTIME NECESSARY TO TRAIN THE USERS OF THE SYSTEM, AND THE ABILITY OF THE SYSTEM TO OBTAIN DATA IN A TIMELY, ACCURATE WAY.

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