Nature Communications (Feb 2019)

Prototype of running clinical trials in an untrustworthy environment using blockchain

  • Daniel R. Wong,
  • Sanchita Bhattacharya,
  • Atul J. Butte

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08874-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Ensuring the integrity of clinical trial data is crucial to securing trust in the process. Here, the authors present a prototype of a blockchain-based clinical trial management system that ensures immutability and traceability of trial data, and demonstrate a proof of concept web portal service.