Systems and methods for demand and supply forecasting for clinical trials

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• receiving, by a server from a user, one or more electronic files that contain parameters of a clinical trial, the parameters comprising a quantity of patients, a plurality of sites, and one or more confidence values;
• calculating, by the server, a supply plan for the clinical trial according to parameters;
• transmitting, by the server, the supply plan to the user;
• after transmitting the supply plan to the user, establishing electronic communication with a computerized randomization and trial supply management (RTSM) system that operates the clinical trial;
• outputting commands to the RTSM system via an application programming interface (API) respective of the RTSM system;
• receiving data from the RTSM system in response to the commands;
• determining a status of the clinical trial according to the data received from the RTSM system;
• comparing the status of the clinical trial to the supply plan;
• determining that the clinical trial does not conform to the supply plan;
• and
• automatically transmitting an electronic notification to the user, the electronic notification comprising an indication that the clinical trial does not conform to the supply plan.

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• receiving, by a server from a user, one or more electronic files that contain parameters of a clinical trial, the parameters comprising a quantity of patients, a plurality of sites, and one or more confidence values, wherein the one or more electronic files comprise one or more electronic spreadsheet files and one or more text files;
• converting the data in the electronic spreadsheet files into one or more electronic text-based tables;
• inserting the one or more electronic text-based tables into the one or more text files to create one or more supplemented text files;
• performing natural language processing on the one or more text files to determine the parameters of the clinical trial;
• calculating, by the server, a supply plan for the clinical trial according to the parameters of the clinical trial;
• and
• transmitting, by the server, the supply plan to the user.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

• receive, from a user, one or more electronic files that contain parameters of a clinical trial, the parameters comprising a quantity of patients, a plurality of sites, and one or more confidence values;
• calculate, according to the quantity of patients, a respective demand profile for each of the plurality of sites;
• calculate, according to the one or more confidence values, a buffer quantity for each of the plurality of sites;
• calculate a supply plan for the clinical trial according to the demand profiles and the buffer quantities;
• and
• transmit the supply plan to the user.