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5 Questions to Ask before buying Clinical Study Report Software

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Choosing the wrong report software for your organization could be a career ender, especially if your organization is in the Life Sciences arena where drug safety and time-to-market are everything.

Here's a few questions to consider asking before you decide. We've also included a link to a complete list of qualifying questions.

 Q1. Will your software run in my existing computer environment?

Reason for asking:
You should first determine if your operating system is supported and your computers adequate.

DZS Answer: 

The ClinPlus Report Engine can be installed under any operating system that supports SAS.  Current installations include Windows and, Unix.  The Report GUI is installed in a Windows environment.  A hybrid installation is supported via SAS/CONNECT where the Report GUI resides under Windows and the Report Engine resides under Unix. 

Q2. What programming language is your system written in?

Reason for asking:
To determine if the system complies with company standards and will easily integrate with existing systems and procedures.

DZS Answer:

ClinPlus Report is written in SAS, the industry standard in clinical data analysis.  The current version is validated under SAS v9.1.3 and 9.2.

Q3. Is your system a collection of programs written to produce pre-defined reports or a tool used to create custom reports?

Reason for asking:
To ascertain overall system philosophy and to get a general impression of flexibility.

DZS Answer:

ClinPlus Report is not merely a report selector, rather a true report authoring tool.  With this tool, users can create custom reports with the content and layout they require.  These report templates can then be saved in libraries for future use.  However, DZS does offer a complete library of safety table and listing templates that can be customized to your unique standards.

Q4. What type of reports can be created?

Reason for asking:
To determine the scope of the system. Ask about various statistical and summary tables, data listings, patient profiles, etc.

DZS Answer:
ClinPlus Report produces presentation quality statistical tables, data listings and patient profiles.

Q5. How is the system accessed, through programing, interactively (GUI), or both?

Reason for asking:
To get an idea of the range of skill sets required and integration possibilities.

DZS Answer:
The system is used either through an intuitive GUI interface or by programming. Furthermore, programs can be created using the GUI?

These are just some of the basic question to ask.

For a more comprehensive list of questions and answers regarding the selection of the right authoring tool for clinical trial data analysis and the efficient production of statistical tables and listings please visit our website: http://www.clinplus.com/products/report/reports-specific-questions/

ClinPlus Report's unmatched flexibility puts you in control and saves your team valuable SAS programming time. ClinPlus Report gives you complete control over:

• Data
• Column Headers
• Titles
• Column Width
• Page Breaks
• Footnotes
• Cell Orientation
• Placement of Inferential Statistics