IRS (IVRS/IWRS)

Interactive Voice and Web Response/Randomisation Systems (IVRS/IWRS - IRS)

Accessible via a touchtone telephone (IVRS) as well as through a secure web interface (IWRS), Cardinal Systems’ central randomisation applications (IRS) offer a cost-effective solution to reducing the complexity of clinical trial management.

Cardinal Systems’ IRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days of the year, requires no purchase of additional hardware or software and assumes responsibility for the management of key trial tasks, thereby freeing up valuable project time. 

Available in over 35 languages to support global trials, the system supports adaptive trials and other complex randomisation schemes.

Advantages in clinical trial management

Cardinal Systems’ IRS offers numerous advantages in clinical trial management:

• Ensures that prospective patients satisfy all inclusion and exclusion criteria thereby reducing the number of protocol violations.
• Provides protection against biased treatment allocation in trials where complete blinding is not possible.
• Manages clinical supplies including stock levels, treatment supply and expiry date monitoring.
• Provides data entered in real-time and immediately shares information with relevant study participants.
• Provides an audit trail as every access into the system is fully documented and stored.
• Calculates necessary doses and automatically selects treatments in titration studies.

Support

Cardinal Systems IRS is supported by the following services:

• Training for CRAs, investigators and other site staff
• 24/7/365 system support line
• International toll-free number subscription for IVRS
• In-house statistical support for complex randomizations

Expert Project Management

Cardinal Systems’ IRS Team, located in Europe and North America, has extensive experience in full service clinical trial management in a wide range of therapeutic areas including oncology, cardiology and dermatology, as well as over 12 years experience managing centralised randomisations.

The team is dedicated to providing an IRS solution for R&D studies and has the expertise to recommend study setup and management strategies for the implementation of such a solution.

With experience of managing over 40 clinical trials per year in over 55 countries, Cardinal Systems’ IRS Team has the experience to identify appropriate and flexible solutions to situations encountered throughout the course of the study.