Meeting Notes - 20190705

Clinical Trials Use Case

 

In attendance:

  • Deniz Coskun – moderator
  • Kent Lau
  • Paty Buendia
  • One more in attendance

 

Notes - Clinical Trial Use Case discussion

 

  • Deniz presented slides for possible data and process architecture for the clinical trial execution
  • First level of access is to find a site or hospital to carry out trial
  • Hospital searches database for patients. Patient ID is blinded
  • Then CRO (Contract Research Organization) negotiates with hospital to unblind patient’s data.
  • Data Providers will need to know the system is protecting their value through a permission layer between CRO and Data Provider
  • Data Providers are an agency or department working within a hospital, like John Hopkins.
  • Interests/Needs of participants in a clinical trial

Hospital looking for researchers

Patient for treatments

Researchers look for data

Hospitals are using FHIR, HL7: 98 attributes and not complete. Hospitals are not providing the same data for the different attributes

  • Purpose of the blockchain is to regulate permissions levels between participants
  • With Hyperledger Fabric, each partner is already trusted