See how Ash, our Clinical Trial Agent™, gives you fast, accurate answers while keeping your data safe and compliant. We built Ash to meet 21 CFR Part 11 requirements from day one, so you get powerful AI capabilities without worrying about regulatory compliance or data security.

We're also sharing details about our new course on AI-powered automation that will feature insights from a former Meta executive and a former Pfizer data analytics director.

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Data Interrogation and Why It Matters In Clinical Research

Data interrogation is the ability to directly question and analyze clinical trial data in real time, turning complex raw information into immediate, actionable insights. Unlike traditional methods that require manual data retrieval, consolidation, and analysis, data interrogation empowers research teams to interact conversationally with their data, asking specific questions and receiving comprehensive answers within minutes.

Most clinical operations professionals have accepted that getting answers from their data means settling into a multi-step process that varies depending on the question being asked. When a safety meeting raises questions about adverse events or you need to identify any discrepancies where the adverse event onset date captured in the EDC does not match the first reported symptom date in the ePRO diary, commonly, the process looks like this:

1. Logging into portals to access relevant data

2. Downloading data files

3. Working through Excel to piece data together and analyze patterns, which often requires formulas

4. Cross-referencing information across different data sets

5. Compiling findings and creating summaries for stakeholders, often requiring follow-up clarifications

This process contributes to extended workdays that have become normal in this industry, with much of that time attributed to delays in accessing and analyzing information.

Additionally, within this Excel-based analysis process, teams face the reality that their information may already be outdated if sites have updated records during their investigation. 

Every analysis becomes a manual exercise in figuring out problems, often requiring teams to sort through data that is not standardized (e.g., con meds and med hx), pull specific subject/site info, and verify they haven't missed critical data points needed to get a full picture of what's happening. 

But, this doesn't have to be the standard approach. 

Modern data interrogation approaches, such as Ash, our Clinical Trial Agent™, are changing this dynamic by enabling teams to ask direct questions about their data and receive comprehensive responses within minutes. 

Data interrogation puts the power directly in clinical research teams' hands to understand what's happening in their trials at any moment, simply by asking questions. No more waiting for the right person to be available and no more accepting that getting answers means sacrificing hours of time. 

Teams can finally operate with complete situational awareness, knowing that any question about their trial data can be answered immediately, accurately, and comprehensively. The investigation is automatically stored and can be referenced whenever needed, creating an institutional knowledge base and an audit trail proving oversight that grows with every inquiry. 

In clinical research, where teams are expected to analyze and have a holistic understanding of their data within tight timelines, the ability to safely and compliantly interrogate data as naturally as having a conversation transforms how trials are managed.

This transformation extends beyond efficiency gains, it fundamentally changes the relationship between research teams and their data, enabling continuous monitoring, proactive problem-solving instead of reactive firefighting, and collaborative decision-making based on shared, real-time insights instead of siloed analysis. 

Watch Ash, our Clinical Trial Agent™, answer two complex questions in under three minutes, providing a transparent breakdown of the steps taken to reach each answer along with instant data visualizations.

Don’t wait to accelerate your clinical oversight and reduce compliance risks. Request a personalized demo today and discover the future of clinical trial management.

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How do you decide what to automate versus what to keep human?  

📣 We're excited to announce the launch of our new course: AI-Powered Automation in Clinical Trials. 

We have seen many teams make expensive mistakes by automating the wrong things or keeping manual processes that could easily run themselves. This course walks through how to avoid those pitfalls.

What You'll Learn:

• AI fundamentals and how systems are actually built

• Core tasks where AI excels and what it cannot reliably do

• A systematic framework for evaluating automation opportunities

• When human judgment remains essential

• How to implement changes while preserving human expertise

Course Details:

• Self-paced format with 4-5 hours of content

• Opens October 1st

• Early Bird Special: Use code EARLY20 for 20% off your enrollment.

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