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Clinical trial budgeting step by step

How to manage the budget is a crucial part of each clinical trial and needs special attention. In this article, we present to you the methodology we have created throughout the years and that we use as a basis for the development of Clinicubes CTMS. The budget management process consists of three main phases: System setup and study preparation Budget preparation Tracking Let's go through these phases together with our CTO Ivailo Ivanov, the...

Why move from Excel to a clinical trial management system?

We all have used and are still using Microsoft Excel, Google Forms, and some other instruments for collecting data. But the world is changing dynamically and the processes are getting more and more complex. Clinical trials are not an exception. They are progressively getting sophisticated, including new stakeholders, and more data, they need to comply with new regulations, and enormous security issues, which are hot topics every day. All these factors come to tell us that we should update our...

Top 4 financial challenges faced by every clinical trial

Launching a new drug on the market is an expensive and long process. It can take up to 10 – 15 years from the discovery to its release and cost around 1,3 billion USD, showing different reports. The proper management of this costly and time-consuming process is crucial for the success of every clinical trial and budget management is one of the key factors for it. Here we present to you the four major challenges...

What is the Internet of Bodies and How it Advances Healthcare

Technology has become mandatory for the healthcare sector for some time, but the pandemic has given a new impetus to its adoption. IoT and all its directions as IoMT (Internet of Medical Things), IoHT (Internet of Healthcare Things), and IoB (Internet of Bodies) have become an integral part of medical services, clinical trials, and manufacturing of medical equipment and drugs. The global Internet of Things (IoT) market in healthcare is projected to reach USD 320 Billion by 2027 at a CAGR of...

Many stakeholders + different costs = complex clinical trial (Part 2)

In part 1 of the article, we presented the top cost drivers of clinical trial expenditures across study phases and the largest barriers to conducting clinical research. In this article, we’ll focus on a special aspect of the process – the clinical trial payments to patients and the role of the CTMS in managing the budget and financial flows. Clinical trial payments to patients Clinical trial payments are not something unusual, although there are some trials that do not envisage...

Many stakeholders + different costs = complex clinical trial (Part 1)

Clinical Trials

Conducting clinical trials is a complex process, involving numerous different stakeholders in different phases. It should cover the needs of every organization, engaged in the process - from the sponsors, through the CROs, to the clinical centers and sites. Each of these stakeholders should be able to monitor and track the expenses, revenues, and profits and allocate the budget to different heads and participants. Our previous articles presented

5 Benefits of Automated Clinical Trial Process

Clinical trial automation

50% of the clinical trials lack behind the time planned by 6 months. And it's not about time only. The extra time means more money and invested human resources, as 40% of the total clinical trial spending is generated within the R&D phase. The trials are getting more complex, and the costs are rising tremendously. So the old fashion manual approach with forms created by hand and data entered into spreadsheets manually does not apply to the new reality. The...

Beginners’ guide to CTMS for hospitals – part 2

Our previous article marked some of the benefits that hospitals can take advantage of by using a clinical trial management system to manage clinical trial processes. Today we will continue reviewing the advantages that Clinicube CTMS provides to its users. Data security When it comes to clinical information, the security of data...

Beginners’ guide to CTMS for hospitals – part 1

CTMS for hospitals

The digital transformation opened many opportunities for optimizing cumbersome processes, minimizing burden, and maximizing the productivity of clinical trial staff. Thankfully, the days of using endless spreadsheets to track patient enrollment and visits, budgeting and finance details, reporting, and any other aspects of a clinical trial are finally over for many clinical trial sites. The clinical Trial Management System...