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Electronic Data Capture

EDC is used increasingly in human clinical trials and regulators strongly encourage clinical trial sponsors to adopt electronic means of collecting patient and clinician reported outcomes over traditional paper questionnaires.

Although new in veterinary trials, FDA CVM are adopting a similar approach.

The advantages of electronic data capture (EDC) include less missing data, better participant compliance and the ability to manage study data and subjects in real-time.  This can offer real advantage by reducing drug development times and increasing trial productivity.
Although the items used to generate the HRQL profile are fixed, the web platform itself can be used to customise trials by the addition of trial specific questions, such as the occurrence of side effects, for example.

"I have been using VetMetrica for over 18 months now and have found it has revolutionised how I monitor patients and collect data. It is very easy to set up and the tools are intuitive and easy to follow

VetMetrica provides a great window into the animals’ quality of life and how it feels in its home environment. This has enabled me to better care for these patients and also collect good quality data for future publications. I cannot recommend VetMetrica enough. "

Andy Armitage, Greenside Vet Practice

Vetmetrica offers a valuable tool in assessing the impact of chronic pain on quality of life in dogs & cats. When treating chronic pain, most owners say that quality of life is paramount and they want their pet to be pain free. Vetmetrica engages owners and gives them the ability to measure quality of life.

"I found that a computer based scale run by Newmetrica... the same great people who gave us the Glasgow Pain Scales... is a wonderful way to get reliable quality of life scores.  You can find it here at http://www.newmetrica.com/vetmetrica-hrql/.  It generates a non-biased decision using a computer algorithum.  Answers are weighted differently so it is harder for the caregiver to subconsciously manipulate the outcome.  And they cannot go back and change their answers like they can on paper form"  Dr Mike Petty

“Firstly I want to congratulate you and your team on the important work you are doing in the field of pain assessment and in particular the NewMetrica HRQL tool which I think is a real game changer!” – Leon Warne.

“It goes without saying that within our dealings with the team at NewMetrica we found them to be consistently helpful and professional throughout”.