Improve clinical trial coverage analysis with generative AI (HLS212)

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The Challenge: Optimizing Clinical Trial Opening Process

  • Huron, a global consulting company, faced the challenge of opening clinical trials faster during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • The average time to open a clinical trial was 220 days, which was too long in the face of the crisis.
  • The team focused on the coverage analysis process as a target for digital transformation, as it was a crucial yet complex and repetitive task.

The Solution: Leveraging AI and Automation

Ingestion and Retrieval

  • The team used Amazon Bedrock knowledge to ingest and structure the complex, unstructured data from various sources.
  • Customized chunking strategies and filters were implemented to ensure the retrieved information was specific to the clinical trial.

Presentation and Interaction

  • Instead of a chat-based UI, the team chose to integrate with Smartsheets, a familiar spreadsheet-like interface.
  • This allowed the team to create templates, customize them for each clinical trial, and have the AI-generated answers automatically populate the spreadsheet.

Addressing Data Challenges

  • The team encountered significant challenges in handling the unique and complex "schedule of activities" tables that were crucial to the coverage analysis process.
  • They developed a custom document parser to accurately capture and represent the data in a format that the language model could understand.

Decision-Making Automation

  • To navigate the thousands of decisions required for a single research protocol, the team implemented an AI agent framework.
  • These agents were able to specialize in specific domains, such as understanding patient medical history, and collaborate to provide consistent and accurate decision-making.

Outcomes and Ongoing Improvements

  • The solution has already shown benefits, such as increased efficiency, reduced time spent on repetitive tasks, and improved accuracy in identifying alternative procedures.
  • The team continues to evolve and innovate the solution, looking to leverage the latest technologies and best practices to further support the clinical trial opening process.

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