Case Study: CLINTEL achieves faster, higher-quality, lower-cost clinical trial monitoring with Tableau Software

Faster, Better, Less Expensive Data-Driven Clinical Trials Monitoring

Clintel, an IT and industry consultancy for pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device companies, identified a need to help sponsors comply with the FDA’s risk‑based monitoring guidance while cutting growing trial costs—site monitoring can account for up to 30% of a phase III budget. Clients were hampered by siloed clinical systems and spreadsheet-driven reporting that was slow, error‑prone and difficult for non‑statisticians to use, making it hard to identify and act on true risks to patient safety and data quality.

Clintel built a Tableau‑based analytics portfolio that connects to disparate CTMS/EDC and cloud sources, embeds visual dashboards into SharePoint, and supports secure, 21 CFR Part 11‑compliant access. The solution delivers self‑service, easy‑to‑digest visualizations for study teams, enabling faster, more accurate interim analyses, targeted monitoring, and significant cost savings (a site cut can save ~$100k), while reducing development time versus bespoke reporting tools.

CLINTEL

Jeff Epstein

CEO, ClintEl’s