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Great Clinical Development Database Software
May 19, 2021

Great Clinical Development Database Software

Nicholas Kutil | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with IBM Clinical Development (ICD)

ICD is being used specifically by our Data Management Department here at Veristat. We design CRFs and studies per the sponsor's request/specification for their clinical trials so that study coordinators can enter the data into the system. We use it to track subjects, analyze data, prepare reports, and send SAS extracts to sponsors so they can present results to their regulatory agencies.
  • Friendly user interface.
  • Ability to code complex queries and visit rules.
  • Intuitive.
  • Missing ability to batch add dynamics to a page.
  • Better organization of visit rules if you have a lot.
  • Many changes require mid study updates
  • Definite time savings.
  • Cost savings (Being able to copy pages into a new study).
  • Easy for CRAs and other site personnel to train on.
IBM is as good or better than Rave. I believe that IBM has a more friendly user interface and is easier to navigate on the designer and Site side. CRF build and study build in general appears to be easier and IBM can be used for almost any kind of clinical study that Rave can be used for.
IBM has many different functionalities as well as modules that can be used depending on what the sponsor wants. I like that they are optional so that when building a study, you can give the sponsor options if they want them or not. Many of the optional models I like to use (Training Tracking for example) as they make tracking Site training so much easier than sending training forms out.
IBM support is always extremely responsive when I send them questions. They usually respond within 15 minutes to let me know they are looking into the question. They have also helped with Data Interventions, as well as help coding some difficult visit rules for us. They have helped substantially on many of our studies.

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?

Yes

Did implementation of Merative Clinical Development go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Merative Clinical Development again?

Yes

IBM has been well suited for all of the studies that we have helped build and manage at Veristat. As previously mentioned, it has a very intuitive interface and pages are easy to build. Queries, dynamics, and visit rules are easy to build and I like that IBM will show if there are current errors or potential errors with your setup.