METHOD OF CONDUCTING SECURE CLINICAL TRIALS AND GUARANTEEING THE OCCURRENCE OF AN EVENT

摘要

The present invention is a method of conducting clinical trials (172). Each clinical trial includes members comprising trial administrators, trial monitor, trial investigators, and trial participants or patients. The present invention allows the conduct of the clinical trial to take place over a network, e.g., the Internet or the telephone grid. The participants use computing devices connected to the network to perform transactions of the clinical trial. Each of these tests comprises one or more periods of execution or intervals (174), test elements (178), and a plurality of exception (180) limits. All the trial participants are listed in a database and are assigned access and validation levels. The executed transactions are stored in a database. Any time during the performance of the clinical trial the stored transactions can be queried at random to assure veracity of the clinical trial and to notify the trial administrator of discrepancy to prevent fraud.