Suitability for remote trials

• Today Timaeus is successfully collecting data electronically from remote study sites where internet coverage is unreliable or simply not present. Normally, in these areas electronic data communication is best achieved by utilising mobile GSM 3G communications. The unique nature of Timaeus enables all electronic data to be communicated in real-time from the study sites over local GSM networks
• Wireless GSM/GPRS (low bandwidth) used in mobile/cell phones is now more widely available than telephone landlines or internet access
• There is no requirement for Timaeus to access fixed-line broadband internet access, or to integrate with existing site IT infrastructure. eDC systems employing web-based applications would require fixed-line internet access and possible integration to local IT infrastructure
• As the database resides locally, all programmed validation checks will operate independent of the communication status, and monitoring of the data is not dependent on connectivity to the site
• Study updates including extensions to the current study CRF design or amendments to the current protocol/CRF or even new tests are deployed and managed remotely without any site disruption
• The system can be configured to self hunt across all potential communication channels to select the most optimal signal
• The key point is that ‘typical’ web based eDC systems require high bandwidth and live access, neither of which are usually possible in these areas. Timaeus, via its appliance, is able to use ultra low bandwidth and intermittent connectivity whilst working reliably, efficiently and rapidly via the ubiquitous mobile/cell phone connections