Case Study: Karmanos Cancer Institute boosts operational efficiency and accrual visibility with Advarra Insights

Karmanos Cancer Institute Unites Operational Teams and Creates Optimized Processes

The Karmanos Cancer Institute, an NCI‑designated cancer center running hundreds of clinical protocols, faced challenges with operational inefficiencies that were slowing study activation, complicating budget forecasting, and undermining trial accrual. To address these gaps, the institute partnered with Advarra to deploy Insights, a business‑intelligence solution that pulls data directly from their OnCore instance into consolidated dashboards.

Using Advarra Insights, multidisciplinary teams at Karmanos reviewed activation timelines, accruals, effort/FTE distribution and financial trends to identify bottlenecks and revenue drivers. The dashboards let stakeholders pinpoint causes of activation delays, trace a recent dip in revenue to accrual performance, compare year‑over‑year accruals, and adjust protocols and resource allocation—improving operational awareness and enabling measurable actions to better hit annual accrual and budget goals.

Karmanos Cancer Institute

Mary Jo O’Loughlin

Director