Compendium of Health Telematics Projects 94-98 (Draft)
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MACRO

Multimedia application for clinical research in oncology

Project code: HC 1030
Project value: 1590.0 KECU
EC contribution: 1000.0 KECU
Number of partners: 10
Number of countries:  
Duration:36 months
Starting date: Mar 1, 96
               
Contact: Mr. S. Martin
EORTC Data Centre
Avenue E. Mounier 83/11
B-1200 Brussels
Belgium

Tel: 00 32 2 774 16 66
Fax: 00 32 2 772 35 45
E-mail: stm@eortc.be
Web Site: www.eortc.be

Overview

The MACRO project develops a demonstrator of the telematics-based interaction between parties in clinical research: 1) clinical trial offices which co-ordinate studies at regional, national, and European level; 2) clinicians in the hospitals, who treat the patients and provide clinical information to the clinical trials office.

The MACRO Contract started on 1 March 1996. The reporting period for this Annual Project Review is 1 September 1996 to 31 August 1997. At the time of reporting, the project is at the half-way point. Seven deliverables were planned, and have been delivered in this period. The resources that have been dedicated to the project show a good correlation between the original estimates and the actual expenditure.

The project is controlled by the Partners Committee which comprises representatives of the two main industrial partners, one representative of the Users Group, the Project Manager, the Quality Manager and the Chairman.

The MACRO project has actively pursued cooperation, from an early stage, with other projects, both by assisting HORIZON and independently. Detailed, technical work has been undertaken bilaterally with PROMPT, EUROPATH, CONQUEST and MARGRITE

Purpose and objectives

The overall objectives of the MACRO project are the same as those stated in Annex I of the Contract. We continue to focus on a unified European network for clinical research. By means of specific developments, and by creating a modular structure with clearly defined interfaces, we aim to bring together commercial products and the results of research projects into a unified whole. One of the primary aims of MACRO is to make the practice of clinical research more uniform throughout Europe and accessible to a larger number of potential participants.

The objectives for this twelve-month reporting period were in two main areas: to prepare technical specifications (WP04), and to build the prototypes of central services (WP05 and WP06).

Results

The User Requirements document has attracted much favourable comment since its publicationin the last reporting period. It has also proved to be an extremely valuable resource during the preparation of the Technical Specifications and the Assessment Plan.

One third of all the effort expended in this reporting period has been spent on WP04, Technical Specifications. Four deliverables have been produced and two of these have been identified as key deliverables for this period:

  • D04.1 Standards for Clinical Data Exchange,
  • D04.2 Technical Specifications,

    D04.1, in particular, involved a considerable amount of work to investigate the relevance of current and emerging standards, mainly in relation to CEN/TC251 (Medical Informatics). From this, MACRO has produced message formats for the inter-operability of clinical data-collection systems.

    The Study Design Server (WP05) and the Study and Data Interface (WP06) cover the development of the central software for creating and distributing electronic forms for data collection. Prototype software has been developed by the 2 commercial partners in accordance with the technical specifications and is installed at the EORTC Data Center. It has been demonstrated to MACRO Users as well as partners in the EUROPATH, PROMPT and MARGRITE projects. MACRO offers a modular approach with clearly defined interfaces. This provides scope for standardization while still allowing the flexibility to adopt alternative modules when necessary

    The Study and Data Interface implementation has attracted interest from other projects, inside and outside the ACTION cluster, as a potential means of clinical data exchange between related applications.

    List of deliverables

    Year 1

    Year 2

    Year 3

    List of participants

    Name: Steve Martin
    Organisation: European Organisation for the Research and Treatment of Cancer
    Address: Av. E. Mounier 83, Bte 11
    1200 Brussels
    Country: Belgium
    Tel: +32 2 774 16 66
    Fax: +32 2 772 35 45
    E-mail: stm@eortc.be
    Website: www.eortc.be
    Name: Alan Montgomery
    Organisation: Integral Solutions Limited
    Address: Berk House
    Basing View
    Basingstoke
    Hampshire RG21 4RG
    Country: United Kingdom
    Tel: +44 1256 55899
    Fax: +44 1256 63467
    E-mail: alanm@isl.co.uk
    Website: www.isl.co.uk
    Name: Siegbert Kloos
    Organisation: Padcom Clinical Research
    Address: Am Propsthof 80
    D-53121 Bonn
    Country: Germany
    Tel: +49 228 979 83 61
    Fax: +49 228 979 83 34
    E-mail: 100042.2134@compuserve.com
    Website: www.padcom.com
    Name: Muriel Wartelle
    Organisation: Institut Gustave-Roussy
    Address: Rue Camille Desmoulins
    F-94805 Villejuif Cedex
    Country: France
    Tel: +33 1 42 11 41 18
    Fax: +33 1 42 11 52 58
    E-mail: wartelle@igr.fr
    Website: www.igr.fr
    Name: Knud Nelausen
    Organisation: Finsen Center
    Address: Rigshospitalet
    Blegdamsvej 9
    DK-2100 Copenhagen
    Country: Denmark
    Tel: +45 35 45 44 00
    Fax: +45 35 45 69 66
    E-mail: knelaus@rh.dk
    Website: www.finsencenter.rh.dk
    Name: Vitor Veloso
    Organisation: Instituto Português de Oncologia
    Address: Centro Regional do Porto
    Rua Antonio Bernardino de Almeida
    4200 Porto
    Country: Portugal
    Tel: +351 2 550 2011
    Fax: +351 252 6489
    E-mail: vveloso@mail.telepac.pt
    Name: Max Parmar
    Organisation: Medical Research Council
    Address: Cancer Trials Office
    6 Shaftesbury Road
    Cambridge CB2 2BW
    Country: United Kingdom
    Tel: +44 1223 311 110
    Fax: +44 1223 311 844
    E-mail: mp @cancer-trials-office.mrc.ac.uk
    Website: www.mrc.ac.uk/mrc
    Name: Michel Henry-Amar
    Organisation: Centre François Baclesse
    Address: Route de Lion-sur-Mer
    F-14021 Caen Cedex
    Country: France
    Tel: +33 31 45 50 93
    Fax: +33 31 45 50 97
    E-mail: amar@medimage.baclesse.fr
    Website: www.baclesse.fr/
    Name: Jan Talmon
    Organisation: Universiteit Maastricht
    Address: P.O. Box 616
    NL-6200 MD Maastricht
    Country: The Netherlands
    Tel: +31 43 388 22 43
    Fax: +31 43 367 10 52
    E-mail: talmon@mi.unimaas.nl
    Website: www.mi.unimaas.nl
    Name: Olivier van Geloven
    Organisation: Medische Informatie Dienst-
    Address: Service d'Information Médicale
    Rue Gabrielle Petit 4 Box 12
    B-1210 Brussels
    Country: Belgium
    Tel: +32 2 422 00 24
    Fax: +32 2 422 00 43
    E-mail: o.vangeloven@midsim.technopol.be

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