Cloud API: Revolutionizing data integration for Clinical Trials

At Empatica, we fully understand the complexities that underlie clinical trials. Managing multiple sites and countries to achieve study goals while navigating various tools and platforms, and simultaneously keeping participants engaged and adhering to timelines and protocols, can lead to increased costs and burden.

As part of our ongoing efforts to build the world’s most robust and interconnected technology platform for clinical research, we are excited to announce the official launch of Cloud API, available for our clinical trial clients. The Empatica Cloud API allows clinical trial sponsors and CROs to adopt our FDA-cleared wearable technology for their studies by directly embedding it in their Clinical Trial Management System (CTMS) and surpassing common operational challenges.

What is the Cloud API?

The Cloud API is a set of APIs that connect key Empatica Health Monitoring Platform data to third-party systems in real time. This service allows pharmaceutical companies and CROs to access and manage continuous participant data collected using EmbracePlus, Empatica’s cutting-edge wearable device, directly through their own system.

A Cloud-to-Cloud API means that participants using EmbracePlus can be managed natively from existing infrastructures, bypassing the need for multiple systems and software. By enabling direct integration with Clinical Trial Management Systems (CTMS) and Electronic Data Capture (EDC) platforms, the Cloud API ensures consistent data and lower setup and monitoring efforts. This optimizes workflows, facilitates seamless data exchange, and enhances the overall trial experience for participants and sites.

Key features of the Cloud API

• Seamless participant onboarding: Existing Participant Identifiers can be automatically imported from external systems into the Empatica Health Monitoring Platform, generating login credentials for the Empatica Care App. This means a single login for participants, and streamlined study management, reducing administrative and patient burden.
• Wearing detection and status management: Empatica’s Cloud API integrates key participant management functionalities from our platform into external systems and platforms. This means that for all trial participants using EmbracePlus, you can manage their status, including "Fully Terminate" or "Early Terminate" actions, and access wearing detection data for enhanced monitoring.
• Direct data integration: Easily integrate Empatica’s digital biomarkers from EmbracePlus into your existing cloud infrastructure, eliminating the need for manual data handling.
• Flexible data access: Store raw and digital biomarker data, with all data securely stored and accessible in industry-standard formats such as .csv and Avro.

As we continue to innovate, Cloud API will receive ongoing updates while ensuring retrocompatibility, providing you with continuous access to the latest tools and capabilities for your clinical trials.

The best of the Empatica Health Monitoring Platform, directly in your own Clinical Trial Management System

With the Cloud API, you can leverage the power of EmbracePlus, a modular, FDA-cleared wearable, with up to 14 days of battery life. Its various accessories enable it to be turned into a belt clip or elastic strap, so it can be worn across the body for more accurate and comfortable data collection, depending on your measures of interest. Furthermore, the Empatica Health Monitoring Platform provides a suite of over 200 digital measures, developed by Empatica and our partners, and monitored seamlessly by EmbracePlus’ 5 advanced sensors (PPG, EDA, Skin Temperature, Accelerometer and Gyroscope).

Our technology meets stringent regulatory standards, ensuring secure, compliant data handling that is aligned with global clinical trial regulations, including HIPAA, GDPR, and relevant ISO standards. Our platform is designed for scale, with Empatica products available in over 160 countries, while the Care App has been translated into 20+ languages, enabling truly global data collection.

Whether you're a CRO looking to optimize logistics or a pharmaceutical company aiming to streamline operations, Empatica’s Cloud API is your gateway to more complete, unified and efficient clinical trials. Talk to our team today to request more information and get started.

Join Us at DPHARM 2024

We're excited to return to the DPHARM conference, where we look forward to discussing our Cloud API, as well as our platform’s ability to integrate and run external algorithms. Follow us on LinkedIn for further information, and be sure to reach out to our team at partnerships@empatica.com to schedule an appointment.