Clinical trials can be delayed due to slow enrollment, problems with paper documentation and the inability to monitor sensitive patient data — costing sponsors millions of dollars. ERT’s ePRO (electronic patient reported outcomes) Solutions enable our clients to capture sensitive findings directly from their patients, a process that is critical to proving the efficacy of their compound and its effects on patient safety. 

Use of PDAs and other computer solutions involve a major commitment of capital, time and resources. ERT, however, offers a quick and easy, phone-based, voice-response solution, which is designed and optimized to help our clients collect clinically valid and sensitive data directly from participating patients. 

Our user-friendly, direct approach will support you in key aspects of your clinical trials:

• Patient recruitment
• Clinical assessments
• Monitoring and alerting
• Protocol design and validation consulting 

ERT Partners for Your ePRO Success

ERT and our strategic partner, Healthcare Technology Systems (HTS)* have collaborated to leverage our collective expertise to rapidly develop, evaluate and deliver reliable patient diaries, clinical assessments and recruitment systems — available to sponsors in just weeks. You can complete your trial months earlier, substantially impacting your time to market. Our clients also have access to the consulting services of Drs. John Greist, James (Jeff) Jefferson, and David Katzelnick  — all pioneers in the ePRO industry. 

For more than 30 years, ERT has built a strong reputation for delivering high-quality, results-driven centralized data solutions across our cardiac safety business. Now our technology know-how and regulatory insight have allowed us to address ePRO’s unique challenges with a system built exclusively for electronic patient reporting and monitoring.  

Our primary focus is helping you to collect and access accurate and timely patient data — ensuring the overall success of your clinical research.

The ERT ePRO Advantage 

Efficient

• Utilizes a familiar, phone-based system to collect all patient-reported data
• Eliminates paper documentation and the risk of unusable data
• Reduces trial costs through accelerated study startup
• Decreases training time, as no hardware or software is deployed to sites or patients
• Integrates with My Study Portal for on-demand access to your ERT ePRO data

Effective

• Provides access to more than 55 industry-standard, validated assessments 
• Ensures confidential interactions
• Overcomes limitations of illiteracy
• Removes clinical and interpersonal bias to improve enrollment and trial quality 
• Powered by ERT’s EXPERT Technology Platform, our robust and market-leading system that provides flexible workflow processing in a secure and validated environment

Proven

• Capitalizes on 40-plus years of experience for your specific application
• Guarantees trial timelines from start date to database lock, avoiding budget overruns
• Ensures excellence relating to regulatory considerations and compliance
• Provides customer care that is global, multilingual and 24/7

At ERT, we employ our exclusive Project Assurance methodology to develop a planning roadmap at the start of your ePRO engagement. This roadmap offers a consistent framework through which we can effectively manage the delivery of all ePRO services — from patient recruitment through data delivery. We take every action necessary to provide our clients with the standards, guidelines and services that allow us to effectively and proactively manage their needs — exceeding their goals. 

Additionally, ERT’s My Study Portal provides real-time access to your ERT ePRO data through a single, secure Website. All of the reporting tools you need to effectively manage and track your PRO data are available, on demand. My Study Portal provides more than simple roll-up reports — offering timely access to your comprehensive ePRO data from any location.

At ERT, we have only one focus — delivering reliable results for our clients. To learn more about how ERT can assist with your drug safety efforts, contact us today.

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*Healthcare Technology Systems, Inc. is a leading authority in the research, development and validation of computer-administrated clinical rating instruments.