Battery Designer Utility Supports Flexible
Configurations for Multiple Studies
Many contemporary study designs require greater flexibility in the sequencing of assessments across multiple visits than most other available systems can provide. With CMINDS®, however,
the protocol may include a different battery of assessments at each study visit
with a customizable counter-balancing schema for the rotation of alternate test
versions, across visits and between subjects, to control for any potential
confounding of study results. This capability is provided through an integrated
Battery Designer Utility which enables selection of any number of tests from the
CMINDS® Master Set, configured for unique sequencing of alternate versions
across subjects or visits. The customization of complex sequencing may include
version rotation schedules which may be:
- Fixed across subjects or sessions
- Randomly sequenced
- Pseudorandom (so that no identical versions are given to the same subject at adjacent visits)
- Uniquely configured to ensure a custom counterbalancing design
Contemporary clinical trial and research study
designs may also require specialized batteries of cognitive tests that target
putative disease mechanisms or constructs. The Battery Designer Utility provides
the flexibility of customizing a specific battery to target just one or multiple
cognitive domains depending on the hypothesized mechanisms targeted by the
investigational compound. Furthermore, this capability will allow for the
selection of either brief screening batteries or more comprehensive assessment
sessions, depending on the specific needs or time limitations of a given protocol.
CMINDS® also features the capability of
selecting a specific study protocol upon login to administer the unique battery
configured for that study. In this manner, multiple studies may be enabled on
one system, each with a resident battery that is configured for a unique
sequence across visits. Similarly, when used in a private clinic, this feature
may also be utilized as a means of designing custom assessment batteries for
specific cognitive domains or diagnostic categories (e.g., "Memory Assessments"
or "Attention Battery" or "Schizophrenia" or "Traumatic Brain Injury"). As such,
the Battery Designer Utility allows CMINDS® to be used in a variety of
application-specific contexts without requiring multiple computers to serve
disparate purposes for clinical trials, research protocols, or private clinical evaluations.