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Merative Clinical Development

Merative Clinical Development
Formerly IBM Clinical Development / Watson Health

Overview

What is Merative Clinical Development?

IBM Clinical Development (formerly eClinicalOS) is a cloud-based electronic data capture (EDC) system.

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- Easy Study Build Process: Several users have found the study build process relatively easy to learn and navigate, allowing them to …
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Overall Happy Customer

8 out of 10
February 19, 2021
Incentivized
IBM Clinical Development (ICD) is being used to conduct and manage clinical trial data. It is being used by specific departments in the …
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Good but can be Best

8 out of 10
February 12, 2021
Incentivized
We have identified IBM as our preferred vendor to conduct our studies to pharmaceutical companies. Data management group and sites where …
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Keep it simple

10 out of 10
February 12, 2021
Incentivized
Within our organization [IBM Clinical Development (ICD)] is used across departments- Data management, Monitoring, Project management, …
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IBM Clinical Development Review

7 out of 10
February 04, 2021
ICD is used by Data Management Department, CRA Department and project manager might also have experience with IBM CD. From designer's …
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What is Merative Clinical Development?

IBM Clinical Development (formerly eClinicalOS) is a cloud-based electronic data capture (EDC) system.

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  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Product Details

What is Merative Clinical Development?

Merative® Clinical Development (formerly IBM® Clinical Development) is a unified, cloud-based Clinical Data Management System designed to help reduce the cycle time to start, amend, and manage clinical studies — enabling life sciences organizations to deliver therapies and innovations faster to their patients.

Boasting a proven track record of over 3000+ clinical trials, in 90+ countries, with 1 million+ participants, the vendor states Merative® Clinical Development will help pharmaceutical, medical device, and CROs to shorten study cycle time and reduce costs.

In addition to its core electronic data capture (EDC) functionality, Merative® Clinical Development offers a fully-integrated portfolio of modules that are designed to suit every trial, including:

Medical Coding with AI- Designed to increase efficiency by leveraging AI to build consistency and reduce errors
eConsent - Deliver quick and easy remote participant consenting without additional EDC integration
Open Platform Data Integration - Allows users to build and automate data connectors with minimal coding
Reporting and Analytics - Provide Data Managers to use pre-built or custom reports to derive single and cross-study insights
Electronic Clinical Outcome Assessment (eCOA) - Strengthens Participant Centricity with live, automatic data sync with EDC

Visit https://www.merative.com/clinical-development to learn more.

Merative Clinical Development Screenshots

Screenshot of Access key site performance metrics with Smart ReportsScreenshot of Build logic into studies with Advance Expression EditorScreenshot of Dynamic and configurable analytics powered by CognosScreenshot of eCOA's My Clinical Diary enhances the patient experience

Merative Clinical Development Integrations

Merative Clinical Development Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Blackberry, Mobile Web
Supported CountriesWorldwide usage
Supported Languages50 + languages and dialects

Frequently Asked Questions

IBM Clinical Development (formerly eClinicalOS) is a cloud-based electronic data capture (EDC) system.

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Reviewers rate Support Rating highest, with a score of 8.6.

The most common users of Merative Clinical Development are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Community Insights

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  • Easy Study Build Process: Several users have found the study build process relatively easy to learn and navigate, allowing them to quickly create studies. The availability of tools within the system has been praised for assisting builders throughout the process.
  • Excellent Support: Many reviewers highly appreciate the outstanding support provided by the technical helpdesk and project management teams, which has been instrumental in their success with the system.
  • Dedicated Client Success Manager: Users value having their own Client Success Manager who provides excellent guidance and assistance throughout their experience with the system. The specific mention of a user's Client Success Manager doing an excellent job highlights this positive aspect.

Slow response to suggestions/issues: Some users have expressed frustration with the slow response from the system's support team when it comes to addressing suggestions or issues related to enhancing the system functionalities.

Non-standard functionalities require additional payments: Several reviewers have mentioned that certain functionalities in the system are not included in the standard package and require additional payments, which can be a disadvantage for some users.

Expensive certification in certain modules: The cost of certification in certain modules, such as Data Migrator, has been highlighted by a number of users as being expensive, making it less accessible for individuals or companies on a tight budget.

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Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The software is utilized within specific departments for the design and management of clinical trial development. The cloud based format allows for instant shared access to data and information that forms the basis of the research the company carries out. Creating reports of findings is a simple process and the software on a whole is simple to learn.
  • Cloud based sharing of information
  • Trail Design
  • Trail Development
  • Menus can be confusing until you have spent time with the software.
  • A good internet connection is requiered.
  • Information is repeated.
The software [IBM Clinical Development] is ideal if you are looking for a way to gather information on various trials and share [it] with other departments and members of your group. This can be done via the cloud which simplifies the whole process. The perfect platform to capture manage analyze and report date studies on multiple areas. The software, however, is less suited to a real time situation.
  • Presented over all cost savings
  • Improved time management
  • Replaced other software previously in use.
IBM Clinical Trail offers an improvement on the above as it is considerably easier to navigate and has many more features. The side did seem faster however and could be used via an app which is useful in a busy environment. Both are around the same price bracket give or take.
Menus are easy to navigate/overall speed is good/ members of the team found the software easy and learned to use it relatively quickly. They are keen to keep using it whenever viable/overall it is a positive rating and the developer has scope to add further features in the future.
The software offers very good support and I would actually say that this element is better than alternative software that we had used in the past. There is always someone available to discuss any issues and help.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use IBM Clinical Development in our clinical department collecting data for all of our studies. It is a useful tool in collecting data from around the world.
  • It is highly customizable and easy to program.
  • There is a wide variety of data that can be collected from IRB/site information to clinical data.
  • ICD provides comprehensive edit language to program for accurate results.
  • Page dynamics are very useful when including or hiding certain data questions.
  • Reporting is very clunky and most often needs to be programmed by IBM itself. Getting Excel listings isn't user friendly for all employees.
  • The date functions are limited when setting up visit windows.
  • The User Manual gets to be a bit confusing in areas. It would benefit using direct examples when explaining programming.
  • Having the ability to attach documents (i.e., IRB approval in the Site Documents section) would be beneficial instead of getting a separate CTMS.
  • The audit trail report is non-functional for us. There is too much data for it to handle.
ICD is a good tool for collecting data but you have to have other programs to analyze that data. Payments are difficult to track and reporting is mostly non-existent. As a data specialist, I know how to 'see' the data but I have to filter [and] sort the Excel sheet quite a bit in order to pass it on to those requesting the data. Our FDA reports go through a third-party to format correctly and we still need to validate their tables which takes much longer than it should.

This is the first system I've used for electronic data capture and overall it is functional. There are items I wish I had better control over (visit windows, payments, reporting), but ICD is easy to use and easy to program for basic collection. I'm fairly sure I could spend more time on the nuances of the system but there's simply no time when involved in a large subject study.
  • We will be saving money using the subscription based pricing instead of per unit costs.
  • We have save a lot of money using the EAM module for our adverse event reporting. Our coordinator loves using ICD to keep track of adjudications.
  • With the lack of a comprehensive CTMS portion, we spend a lot of time and money tracking the regulatory documents required for the study.
  • Our inability to track payments within ICD caused several duplicate payments that we're having to request a refunds.
  • It takes us longer to manually get reports together for the various agencies we're required to report to.
I have used Clindex, Oracle Clinical, MediData, and MS Access for clinical trials. The product I had the most success with was Clindex but ICD was a close second. I did not select ICD as it was being used when I joined the company. I became a developer within a few months so I was happy it was, for the most part, so user friendly.
ICD is a very good tool for collecting data. It's easy to use and easy to program for basic items. It is difficult to get specific reporting accurately, collecting regulatory documentation, and tracking payments. The company is good about implementing changes requested by the users but be aware that those changes could come with extra costs.
ICD's support team is phenomenal. They are quick to answer or indicate that they need to research to provide an answer. There are some things that they cannot do which we can be annoying but we deal with it (visit windows). I have been very happy with the support team.
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