Title :
Real-World Data Set Parameters and Synthesization for Matching Identity in Clinical Protocols
Author :
Farah, Hanna ; Amyot, Daniel ; El Emam, Khaled
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Abstract :
A main challenge for clinical protocol evaluations is the lack of public real-world data sets due to the private nature of patient information. We studied the case of phase 1 clinical trials where the identity of participants is key in determining their eligibility to participate in a trial. Our objective is to use the experience from our study to present a list of parameters to help generate data sets that closely match their real-world counterparts. We also examine existing tools and address their limitations with a tool of our own. Through the development of our clinical trial protocol, we discovered a field selection that proved to be efficient to detect a participant´s identity, which may be used by other researchers in their protocols.
Keywords :
data handling; electronic health records; clinical protocol evaluations; data set generation; identity matching; participant identity detection; patient information; real-world data set parameters; real-world data set synthesization; record linkage; Clinical trials; Couplings; Databases; Generators; Protocols; Sociology; Statistics; clinical trials; data set generation; identity matching; privacy; protocol evaluation; record linkage; synthetic data;
Conference_Titel :
Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS), 2014 IEEE 27th International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
New York, NY
DOI :
10.1109/CBMS.2014.48