Patent ID: 7752057

Claim:
A computer readable storage medium comprising computer executable instructions for continuously analyzing trial data of an ongoing clinical trial that, when executed by a processor, cause the processer to: access a trial database comprising trial data of subjects in a blinded ongoing clinical trial comprising a multi-arm study while maintaining blindness of said blinded ongoing clinical trial; access a blinding database comprising subject identifiers and associated study group identifiers, wherein a subject's study group being identifiable by a study group identifier; generate a grouped database from said trial database and said blinding database for statistical analysis, said grouped database grouping said trial data of said subjects based on their study group; perform near real-time statistical analysis on said trial data to determine a parameter of statistical term of interest without suspending and while maintaining the blindness of said blinded ongoing clinical trial; determine whether said parameter of statistical term of interest exceeds a threshold value and a difference in said parameter of statistical term of interest among said multi-arm study; and repeat the computer executable instructions for accessing said trial database, performing and determining during said blinded ongoing clinical trial and while maintaining the blindness of said blinded ongoing clinical trial until it is determined that said parameter of statistical term of interest exceeds said threshold value.