title: Implementation of a configurable laboratory information management system for use in cellular process development and manufacturing.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Regulatory requirements for the manufacturing of cell products for clinical investigation require a significant level of record-keeping, starting early in process development and continuing through to the execution and requisite follow-up of patients on clinical trials. Central to record-keeping is the management of documentation related to patients, raw materials, processes, assays and facilities.
  
  
  METHODS
  To support these requirements, we evaluated several laboratory information management systems (LIMS), including their cost, flexibility, regulatory compliance, ongoing programming requirements and ability to integrate with laboratory equipment. After selecting a system, we performed a pilot study to develop a user-configurable LIMS for our laboratory in support of our pre-clinical and clinical cell-production activities. We report here on the design and utilization of this system to manage accrual with a healthy blood-donor protocol, as well as manufacturing operations for the production of a master cell bank and several patient-specific stem cell products.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The system was used successfully to manage blood donor eligibility, recruiting, appointments, billing and serology, and to provide annual accrual reports. Quality management reporting features of the system were used to capture, report and investigate process and equipment deviations that occurred during the production of a master cell bank and patient products.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Overall the system has served to support the compliance requirements of process development and phase I/II clinical trial activities for our laboratory and can be easily modified to meet the needs of similar laboratories.
authors.affiliation: Department of Information Technology Systems, City of Hope, Duarte, California 91010, USA.
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Russom
authors.forename: Amira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Alvarnas
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: DiGiusto
mesh_terms: D001782:Blood Donors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017690:Cell Transplantation; D002984:Clinical Laboratory Information Systems / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D004608:Eligibility Determination; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D010865:Pilot Projects; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012984:Software / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends*