Medidata looks to streamline trial site recruitment process
Its new module Grants Manager Contracting is designed to reduce overall study start-up time
New York-based Medidata Solutions, a provider of SaaS-based clinical development solutions, has extended its Grants Manager web-based budgeting application with a new Contracting module, enabling sites and sponsors to negotiate clinical trial site budgets directly online.
The application eliminates the burden of managing hundreds of email messages and reducing budgeting cycle times. Trial managers will also be able to monitor site negotiation status by study, site or across the portfolio in real-time, bringing better visibility to the process of site recruitment.
Sponsors currently use Medidata Grants Manager for benchmark cost data to quickly and accurately develop site grant budgets. The new Contracting module provides an extension to the budgeting process by offering negotiating, reporting and management of contracting in an integrated, online environment.
Contracting budget plans can be developed internally within Grants Manager or imported by sponsors that prepare their budget with other tools. Selected sites can review the proposed budget online in a format that assists facilitates negotiation and agreement.