Meet Teckro: the machine-learning platform revolutionizing the way clinical trials are run
Meet Teckro: the machine-learning platform revolutionizing the way clinical trials are run
High-growth clinical trials platform Teckro added two new software products in its mission to transform the industry’s efficiency and make trials more transparent for doctors, researchers and patients.
The company uses machine-learning technology to transform clinical trial protocols from static documents into actionable data for research staff, monitors and sponsors. Intuitive and simple, 91 percent of registered users are active on the platform.
Now researchers responsible for testing new medical treatments on patients around the world can receive up-to-date study information and provide feedback to improve performance with the addition of Teckro Engage and Teckro Survey.
The new functionality will build on the Teckro Search product to accelerate the speed and precision by which clinical research stakeholders can locate and distribute the right information found in current, approved documents, as well as monitor engagement and trial conduct.
Teckro CEO Gary Hughes said: “Teckro brings simplicity to the complexity of clinical trials. The high adoption and extremely positive user feedback are unheard of for typical software companies. We are adding to the value of Teckro with the new products, which we designed to be intuitive and easy to use.”
With more than 12,000 research sites using the platform - and steadily rising - Teckro holds a vast amount of valuable insight across clinical studies around the world. That volume of data will help transform what has - until now - been a painstakingly slow clinical research process, into one that is effective for every stakeholder.
Dana Anderson, CCRC at North Georgia Clinical Research has been responsible for coordinating clinical trials for 18 years. She is using Teckro for a current global clinical trial and said it is making it easier to do her job as a site coordinator.
“A research project involves so many stakeholders and so much paperwork. Most of the time it’s very difficult to find exactly what you’re looking for,” Anderson said. “Once I downloaded Teckro to my phone, I realized this is going to make my job much easier. It’s very easy to navigate and find what information you need to retrieve from the protocol or the study design. Teckro gives us the resources that we need to make sure our data is clean and accurate. And it’s nice that Teckro always will have the current amendment on there, so you know that you’re following the correct protocol.”
In detail, Teckro’s new products are:
- Teckro Engage gives study administrators a consistent way to communicate important changes, new document versions, or helpful tips to limit protocol deviation. Open rates show message effectiveness.
- Teckro Survey is a web-based tool for study teams to quickly design and send short surveys, making it practical to gather feedback from research staff to manage risk and improve study design.
Teckro products are built on the Teckro Platform. Available through a secure mobile application or a website, Teckro doesn’t require any software installation. As a result, Teckro is operational in a matter of a couple of weeks and requires minimal user training.
Business impact to date is impressive. Teckro’s own data shows that sites using Teckro screen and randomize significantly more patients compared with those without Teckro. Those sites actively searching in Teckro perform much better to meet recruitment timelines, addressing a major barrier to conducting clinical trials.
For more information about Teckro products, visit the Teckro website or read the latest blog by Teckro Chief Medical Officer Brendan Buckley entitled: ‘The Trouble With Clinical Trials: Getting Rid
of Zombies’.
About Teckro
Founded in 2015 Teckro provides solutions to simplify and modernize clinical research for leading pharmaceutical and emerging biotech companies. To date, Teckro manages more than 100 clinical trials and is used by more than active 12,000 study sites around the world. Teckro employs more than 120 staff across its global headquarters in Limerick, Ireland, engineering excellence hub in Dublin, Ireland and its US-based office in Nashville, Tennessee. Visit teckro.com for more information.
