Participant data lives in spreadsheets
Enrolment, status and visit dates sit in shared files that several people edit, with no record of who changed what.
For research labs and institutes
Software for research labs
without a software team
Andolasoft builds the tools a study runs on, such as participant tracking, consent records, participant apps and reporting. We build them around how your lab works, and we keep running them after launch.
From a research institute project
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- Mobile platforms: iOS and Android
- Encrypted
- Data in transit between apps, portal and server
- Offline
- Save, share and sync
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- Record shared by participants and coordinators
Figures describe one platform we built for a US research institute. The client is not named.
What does Andolasoft do for research labs?
Andolasoft builds custom software for research labs and institutes that have no software team. That includes participant tracking, consent and visit records, mobile apps for study participants, coordinator portals and study reporting. The software replaces the spreadsheets and shared drives a study team would otherwise rely on, and Andolasoft hosts and maintains it after launch.
What we hear from study teams
Four problems we are asked to fix
These are common when a study outgrows the tools it started with.
Consent is tracked by hand
Someone checks a column of dates before each visit, and re-consent depends on that person remembering.
Reports are rebuilt every time
Each sponsor or committee request means copying numbers into a new sheet.
One person built the tool, and then left
A custom spreadsheet or small app that nobody else understands, and nobody is paid to maintain.
What we build
The tools around your study
Start with one workflow. Add more when the first one is working.
Start here
Participant tracking
Enrolment, consent and visits in one record per participant, with access by role and a log of changes.
See participant trackingStudy apps
Participant mobile apps
iOS and Android apps for participants to log data themselves, with a coordinator portal to review it.
Read the case studyReporting
Grant and sponsor reporting
Recruitment and status counts pulled from the records your team already works in, using Apache Superset when a dashboard is the right fit.
See grant reportingInstruments
Instrument data
Linking the files your lab instruments produce to the participant or sample they belong to. What is possible depends on what the instrument exports.
See instrument dataREDCap
Working with REDCap
Adding to REDCap, connecting to it or replacing it, and when to leave it alone. What is possible depends on how your institution runs it.
See REDCap optionsHow it works
From a first call to a running system
You decide what the system does. We do the building and the running.
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Tell us how the study runs
A free 30-minute review. We look at your current spreadsheets, forms and steps with the people who use them.
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Agree what to build first
We pick one study or one workflow and write down what the system must do and how you will check it works.
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Pilot with real work
Your coordinators use the first version on a real study before anything else moves over.
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We run it after launch
We host, monitor and update the system, and change it when your study changes.
Research work we have done
Research organizations we have built for
The clients are not named here.
United States
A US research institute
iOS and Android apps for participants, a coordinator portal and a backend API on infrastructure built for protected health information, with Apple HealthKit and Google Fit data read with each participant’s consent.
Read the case studyIndia
A life sciences research institute
Applicant tracking and a web application for job seekers to apply smoothly, built for a government-funded research institute.
Read the case studyEnvironmental science
A pesticide science consultancy
Membership management, advanced search and an admin interface added to a subscription database of pesticide products with hazard ratings and reviews, run by a firm that does pesticide chemistry and toxicology consulting.
Read the case studyQuestions from research labs
Custom tools around how your study runs: participant tracking, consent and visit records, mobile apps for participants, coordinator portals and study reporting. We build them for labs that have no software team of their own.
We do. We host, monitor and update it after launch. If your institution later wants to take it over, we hand over the documentation and the code.
We design in access by role and a record of who changed what. For protected health information, the system can run on infrastructure built for it, or on your institution’s own servers. We agree where the data lives before anything is built. See our security and data handling page for the controls in detail.
Yes. Many labs keep REDCap for data collection and add a custom system for what they still do by hand. How the two connect depends on your setup, so we look at that in the first review.
No. We build the operational software around a study, such as tracking, records, apps and reporting. We do not build tools that make clinical or treatment decisions.
Request a free 30-minute review. A solutions architect replies within one business day. We can sign an NDA before the first technical conversation.
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We will look at your current spreadsheets and steps, and tell you what we would build first. You will hear back from a solutions architect within one business day.
We can sign an NDA before the first technical conversation.