TY - JOUR
T1 - Internet for clinical trials
T2 - Past, present, and future
AU - Santoro, Eugenio
AU - Nicolis, Enrico
AU - Franzosi, Maria Grazia
AU - Tognoni, Gianni
PY - 1999/4
Y1 - 1999/4
N2 - The Internet and World Wide Web have recently been introduced into the management of some aspects of large-scale clinical trials such as remote randomization and data entry and the distribution of information on trial progress. Electronic mail and websites have also been used to enhance communication among people involved in a clinical trial. The Gruppo Italiano per lo Studio della Sopravvivenza nell'Infarto miocardico acuto (GISSI) used telecommunications and the Internet in some recent large-scale clinical trials. GISSI constructed a website to keep the medical and cardiology community informed about the progress of its studies. Websites for clinical trials could play an important role in the future, especially in international clinical trials. The website could provide information such as study material and study news and tools such as electronic forums on protocol application for use by investigators around the world. This article describes the GISSI experience and outlines an appropriate structure for a clinical trial website. Copyright (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Inc.
AB - The Internet and World Wide Web have recently been introduced into the management of some aspects of large-scale clinical trials such as remote randomization and data entry and the distribution of information on trial progress. Electronic mail and websites have also been used to enhance communication among people involved in a clinical trial. The Gruppo Italiano per lo Studio della Sopravvivenza nell'Infarto miocardico acuto (GISSI) used telecommunications and the Internet in some recent large-scale clinical trials. GISSI constructed a website to keep the medical and cardiology community informed about the progress of its studies. Websites for clinical trials could play an important role in the future, especially in international clinical trials. The website could provide information such as study material and study news and tools such as electronic forums on protocol application for use by investigators around the world. This article describes the GISSI experience and outlines an appropriate structure for a clinical trial website. Copyright (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Inc.
KW - Clinical trials
KW - GISSI
KW - Internet
KW - Myocardial infarction
KW - Web site
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U2 - 10.1016/S0197-2456(98)00060-9
DO - 10.1016/S0197-2456(98)00060-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 10227418
AN - SCOPUS:0033118677
VL - 20
SP - 194
EP - 202
JO - Controlled Clinical Trials
JF - Controlled Clinical Trials
SN - 0197-2456
IS - 2
ER -