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How ARCHeS Innovator Works

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How ARCHeS Innovator Works
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Three components

ARCHeS Innovator is an online trial simulator that consists of three parts: the ARCHeS Setup Tool, the Archimedes Model, and the Archimedes Outcomes Analyzer (AOA).

ARCHeS Setup Tool (AST)

This tool enables users to setup their own virtual clinical trial using a web interface with easy-to-use editors to:

  • setup populations
  • specify background care
  • select conditions
  • apply standard or custom interventions
  • define treatments

Download the AST Product Sheet

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The Archimedes Model

When the setup is complete, the study is submitted to the Archimedes Model and queued for a simulation that runs on a state-of-the-art computing grid. The Archimedes Model simulates each person in the population through several disease models and protocols that deliver both standard care and the interventions of interest.

The output of the Model captures person-specific health and economic outcomes for each year of a virtual twenty-year period. These results are aggregated into population-wide sets of outcomes called “forecast datasets.”

Archimedes Outcomes Analyzer

The resulting forecast dataset is reported back to users through the Archimedes Outcomes Analyzer (AOA). Through AOA, a large number of tables and figures can be created to examine different combinations of interventions, outcomes, populations, and time horizons. Users can also explore the effects of changing assumptions about costs, performance levels, time horizons, and other variables.