As reported in eCliniqua in June, TrialStat at that time was well on its way to building “the world’s largest coded reference database” – the ESRNexus database – with the collaboration of many world-renowned organizations.
In September, the company announced that it had added even more value to the search capabilities of the Web-based ESRNexus database by incorporating the latest clinical trial recruitment postings from the U.S. National Institutes of Health’s ClinicalTrials.gov database – a development that could help increase patient recruitment for those trials.
“We’ve discovered that a large number of the people who use ESRNexus are healthcare consumers researching their own health issues,” says Peter O’Blenis, VP systematic reviews at TrialStat. “They’re checking published literature, but this also lets them see ongoing research in the area. If it’s a condition they’re looking for treatment on, Nexus provides a listing of trials that are recruiting that they may want to take part in. It’s a nice way to get your trials out in front of more people and hopefully aid with the recruiting process.” By drilling down, healthcare consumers can find all the contact information they need to participate in the clinical trial.
Conceived last November, ESRNexus is still in beta development, but O’Blenis says it’s one of the fastest-growing projects he’s been involved with. Since its launch in May, feedback has been coming in from information specialists, librarians and others around the globe. “They’ve been sending us suggestions and helping us to evolve it quickly to meet their needs,” says O’Blenis.
In November, TrialStat will begin offering private accounts on ESRNexus, which will provide users with an additional information asset. “An organization that is conducting health technology assessment or outcomes research – after they’ve done a systematic review in SRS -- can publish all their reference materials and notes into their private accounts,” says O’Blenis. “So whenever they do another systematic review, they will be building on their own internal repository of articles and summarized data.” The private accounts will be in the form of a subscription-based service, as is SRS.
TrialStat also announced that it has completed the integration of ESRNexus with its SRS service. This lets users import articles from ESRNexus into their systematic review and, conversely, share their systematic review protocols and reference articles by publishing them to ESRNexus, if they choose.
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