Optimizing drug inventory management with a web-based information system: The TBTC Study 31/ACTG A5349 experience.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Efficient management of study drug inventory shipments is critical to keep research sites enrolling into multisite clinical treatment trials. A standard manual drug-management process used by the Tuberculosis Trials Consortium (TBTC), did not accommodate import permit approval timelines, shipment transit-times and time-zone differences. We compared a new web-based solution with the manual process, during an international 34-site clinical trial conducted by the TBTC and the AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG); TBTC Study 31/ACTG A5349.

Material and methods

We developed and implemented a technological solution by integrating logistical and regulatory requirements for drug importation with statistical simulations that estimated stock-out times in an online Drug Manag

SUBMITTER: Scott NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9466280 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature