Item: Merative Clinical Development
Rating: 8
Author: ANDY CHANG

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

IBM Clinical Development (ICD) is being used by our U.S. team because only U.S. sponsors consider using IBM Clinical Development (ICD). In other regions, it is not widely used, and few people know this system, so it is not beneficial to promote it to our clients in the bidding.

Pros and Cons

Intuitive design interface
Well-organized online manual and training material
Robust error checking and step-by-step wizard
Helpdesk has solid expertise

Page design: Dynamic control fields like dynamic searchlist drop down; which contents can be changed depends on the data entry.
System query: Implement the edit check on cross repeated pages.
MSU process: Assign study revision to multiple sites with just one click.

Return on Investment

Time savings
Cost savings

Alternatives Considered

Medidata Rave EDC and Veeva Vault

IBM Clinical Development (ICD) is selected by the sponsor and it is less expensive than other systems.

Usability

Less expensive and easy to use.

Support Rating

The support is helpful with fast responses.

Key Insights

Do you think Merative Clinical Development delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Merative Clinical Development's feature set?

Yes

Did Merative Clinical Development live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Merative Clinical Development go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy Merative Clinical Development again?

Yes

Likelihood to Recommend

IBM Clinical Development (ICD) is easy to learn not only for designers but also for end-users. It has a well organized design wizard for designers to go over the design process step by step and a strong, solid design checking tool to see if there are any errors or warnings on the design.

Great EDC System

Overall Satisfaction with IBM Clinical Development