Breast cancer clinical trial researchers face challenges managing diverse data from various sources, complicating data queries for retrospective analysis.
The Common Data Model (CDM) proposed in the INTEGRATE EU project aims to standardize this data, utilizing the Health Level 7 (HL7) Reference Information Model (RIM).
A comparison of data storage methods revealed that a Relational SQL database combined with D2R outperformed RDF databases, as confirmed by evaluations from the EU Commission in a patient recruitment demonstrator.