StudyBuilder B.V.
To solve these problems we have created tools to automate the study design process - StudyBuilder Professional Edition and StudyBuilder Enterprise Edition. These products in conjunction with the royalty free StudyBuilder Field Edition used for data collection have transformed the amount of effort and investment required to design and manage studies.
Our software (available for immediate online purchase) allows doctors and clinical scientists to design and deploy a study or trial by dragging and dropping questions from our extensive study libraries onto interactive 'what-you-see-is-what you-get' representations of the actual materials that will be used in the field. These include paper forms, electronic databases (remote data entry systems) and associated documentation.
The designer specifies in which countries the study will take place and the software automatically translates all study materials into the appropriate languages. The software then takes the user step by step through the production of complete packs of materials to be sent to specific centres participating in the study. Our products are designed to be affordable and applicable for studies ranging in size from tens to tens of thousands of subjects.
StudyBuilder study design tools (Professional and Enterprise Editions) run on Microsoft Windows 95, 98 and NT 4.0. The data collection tools (StudyBuilder Field Edition) runs on most computers including personal digital assistants, smart mobile telephones as well as traditional desktops and servers allowing the designer to select the correct tool for each part of the study and to adapt to local means of working.
StudyBuilder continuously monitors the scientific literature to ensure that its question libraries are current and relevant. A rigorous peer reviewed testing process ensures that the questions are of the highest quality and are then translated by specialist personnel. Improved question libraries and software can be downloaded at any time from the StudyBuilder web site http://www.studybuilder.com or from the quarterly update CD ROMs that all registered users receive for twelve months after purchase of a qualifying product.
Traditional study design methodologies are largely informal with many opportunities for miscommunication and errors. The lack of formal specifications often leads to sub standard systems. Our software returns complete control of study design to study design professionals ensuring that high quality, consistent study design can be concentrated on without having to worry about the specifics of implementation. Paper forms, computer data collection/management and other tools are automatically created, configured and packaged for distribution. The study designer can see changes in their design immediately and automatically. Effects of design changes can be seen in the study specifications, manuals and protocols - immediately!
StudyBuilder products also eliminate the language bottleneck. More and more studies require studies of multinational populations with study participants being fortunate if the study materials are available in their native language. The cost and difficulty of obtaining high quality translations often means that data collection occurs in individuals second or third languages - with all the opportunities for errors that implies. StudyBuilder products can produce study materials in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Modern Standard Arabic and Japanese making international multicentre trials quick and easy. We aim to support a further sixteen languages this year with others supported on demand.
In short, StudyBuilder products