Methods and Systems to Measure Gastrointestinal Motility based on a Balloon Based System

Unmet Need
Determining the enrollment process for clinical trials and screening possible participants is extremely important in the cycle of drug development. Specifically, it is very important to determine patient eligibility based on specific criteria. Eligibility criteria are necessary in clinical trials to define the patient population under study, isolate the potential effect of an investigational drug, and ensure that the trial is conducted safely. Overly rigid eligibility criteria cause the rate of trial accrual to decrease. Such strict criteria also restrict patient access to investigational developments and the ability to generalize the results of a broader population of patients.  There is a need for a method of improving clinical trial eligibility criteria and the subsequent enrollment for the trial.
 
Technology Overview
The current invention discloses an application for clinical trial eligibility screening and enrollment based on an eligibility checklist. First, an eligibility checklist with trial-specific criteria is generated.  Next, the clinical staff enter patient information into the application. Finally, the application automatically generates enrollment email for eligible patients. The features of this invention include a customized algorithm to actually determine patient eligibility that is programmed directly into Microsoft word for immediate source documentation and that is programmed directly into Microsoft outlook for immediate generation of an enrollment email that is sent to the patients.
 
Stage of Development
The inventors are currently developing and testing a prototype.

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