Exco InTouch Enrolls Patients into Electronic Data Capture Study

Exco InTouch, a provider of patient communication solutions for the pharmaceutical sector, has announced the commencement of its full mobile phone electronic data capture (EDC) study.

The study is currently enrolling patients, already enlisting 31 subjects. Its aim is to further compare the effectiveness of patient self-reported outcome questionnaires completed on paper with those completed via a mobile phone using m-WOMAC, the company’s electronic version of the WOMAC Index.

The index is a validated instrument used for assessing hip and knee Osteoarthritis (OA). It consists of a self-assessment questionnaire and addresses three dimensions of pain, disability and joint stiffness in OA through 24 questions. Each of the patients, ten of whom had concomitant hand OA, completed three EDC questionnaires with a mobile phone using m-WOMAC.