Hi Mr. Helge, 

I came across your blog on Patient reported outcomes and see that you too are awaiting the inclusion of  mobiles into the PRO space.. I have been doing some extensive reading on this as well and came across this... do have a look at it.

Patient reported outcomes are a significant part of the clinical trials life cycle and help in freezing on efficacy and critical determinants of the trial. Pharmaceutical companies involved in drug trials and research until recent years had been using paper based reports and were facing severe set backs in terms of adhering to guidelines and medication conformance. Along with these came several other obstacles that not only delayed the launch of the drugs but also deviated highly from the guidelines prescribed by regulatory bodies like the FDA, HIPPA etc.

With every passing day we are treading ahead with fast developing technologies and need to keep up with the pace. One of the fasted developing technologies today is the mobile phone technology. With shrinking spaces and evolving communication the mobile phone acts as a major instrument to promote existing processes and gives tremendous opportunities to new ones to develop on its platform.

PaDiSys – Patient Diary System is one such Mobile Patient Reported Outcome (M -PRO) capturing platform that is developed by NowPos Solutions, a Hyderabad, India based company working on mobile phone related solutions for the Bio-pharma and Life sciences industry. Turing the table to a new and more efficient PRO collection system using regular mobile phones, PaDiSys comes as the last stop for drug makers for efficacious and cost effective patient related information. A mobile phone based patient related information capturing technology that allows drug manufacturers and supporting functions to speed up study life cycles while being completely compliant to international compliance guidelines like CDISC, FDA, and Part-11 etc.

The key benefits that sponsors and CROs can get from PaDiSys are:

1. Use of regular smart phones devices with integrated PaDiSys technology makes it a convenient patient device and a low cost solution
2. Access to real time data and patient related information
3. Higher patient medication compliance
4. Higher patient intervention
5. Simpler device logistics and device inventory management
6. Real time access to PRO information by CROs, Investigators and Sponsors
7. Proactively handle subject drop-outs or missed medication intakes
8. Localization support technology makes it an excellent choice for trials in Asian regions

For more details log on to www.padisys.com