Topic Discussion 2: Data Standards

[Saranath]

Can you give me 1 example about the benefit of having data standards for clinical research?

[Kansiri Apinantanakul]

One important benefit of having data standards is to facilitate the data-sharing process. If the data from various clinical trials comply with the same standard. It would be easier to share, compare and do some research among the collected data. For example, pooling data to analyze for patterns or study drug efficacy, and safety among the different trial populations.

[Saranath]

Great!

[Andrew Hall]

Pooling data to analyze for patterns in drug safety is a good point. It could facilitate faster knowledge and action on adverse events with a new drug, reducing the number of patients who have adverse events.

[TARO KITA]

A further benefit of having data standards is that it facilitates the integration of individual data, allowing studies to be conducted on a larger scale.

[Karina Dian Lestari]

The data will be easier to understand for a lot of people, not just the team that develops the database. It will also be easier if the researchers want to run different analyses in the future. Data cleaning will relatively take a shorter time.

[Napisa Freya Sawamiphak]

I agree with you. It will allow easier data cleaning and can use these data for further analysis or collect in the big databases for other benefits/future research

[Yanin Pittayasathornthun]

In my opinion, if there is a standard and solid procedure, I think the outcomes would be more trustable. What’s more, for the team that conducts the trial, they do not have to try hundred different things from the thought imagination.

[Yanin Pittayasathornthun]

*thought and imagination

[Andrew Hall]

One benefit of having data standards for clinical research is that it gives data scientists and clinicians a common language with which to address the subject matter. If researchers and analysts from different disciplines can overcoming siloing as mentioned in the lecture, then the pace of analysis will accelerate. Data from different studies will be accessible to data scientists with comprehensive data standards.

[Hoang Thuy Linh]

Clinical research varies from different outcomes and from different countries. Therefore, having data standards help researchers design the standard CRFs for standard data. When we have the data standards, we could pool, analysis data easily. It’s helpful in case of pandemic, time is important and we could announce some modelling or guidance quickly

[Napisa Freya Sawamiphak]

A benefit of data standards for clinical research is all stakeholder can understand and interpret the data in the same way, structured data allows easier data cleaning, analysis and additional benefits in trials/big data.

[Saranath]

Good points! I can summarize from your answers that clinical data standards (such as CDISC) can
– assist data sharing and pooling data from different studies for further analyses.
– provide a standard language for researcher to understand and interpret the clinical data.
– provide trustable data and analysis outcomes.

[Ashaya.i]

I agree with all the classmates about the points that data standards enabling the standard language to make all stakeholders understand each other and can create more efficient studies with higher quality data. Moreover, data standards facilitate the demonstration of traceability of data which benefit for further analyses.

[Sri Budi Fajariyan]

I agree with the opinion of my classmates, that standardized data in research can increase efficiency in data management and data sharing

[Arwin Jerome Manalo Onda]

I guess everyone already provided the important answers on having a standard. It streamlines all data into organized formats or structure which enables quick understandability across different users of such data.

[Tossapol Prapassaro]

Having a good data standards for clinical research will facilitate gathering the big data for further analysis because some clinical research would need a large sample size or participants.

[Pawdoo Paoprapat]

Having data standard enables authorities, clinicians, statisticians and data management team to the mutual understandings which can help the data planning, data collection, data tabulation and data analysis process.
It also support research study registration and tracking.

[Anawat ratchatorn]

the most important benefits of having data standard is it can be further utilized by everyone.
That can lead accumulation of data to happen.Consequently, we can utilized those standardized data to create further benefits such as research, innovation, and understandable for other organization to use without confusion (eg. FDA).

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