ANONYMIZE
Redact and anonymize clinical trial data, documents, and images while maintaining data utility and meeting transparency regulations.
Overview
ANONYMIZE® by TrialAssure is the leading software solution for redacting and anonymizing clinical trial data, documents, and images before sharing. Powered by artificial intelligence, machine learning, and natural language processing, ANONYMIZE enables life sciences organizations — including clinical trial sponsors — to share information with confidence, knowing that patient privacy and company confidentiality are fully protected.
Designed for organizations seeking to foster scientific collaboration while meeting growing regulatory transparency demands, ANONYMIZE addresses the challenge of balancing openness with privacy and intellectual property protection. Users have reported up to 70% reductions in labor costs, up to 80% savings in effort compared to manual redaction, and up to 90% reductions in human error rates.
Supported File Types and Data Formats
- Unstructured clinical documents including Microsoft Office files, PDFs, and emails
- Structured datasets in CSV, SAS, and XPT formats
- Medical images requiring anonymization or redaction
Core Anonymization and Redaction Capabilities
- Machine learning-powered redaction and anonymization of both structured and unstructured information
- Quantification of re-identification risk with generated risk assessment reports
- Centralized interface providing a complete view of all projects and tasks
- Simultaneous anonymization and redaction within the same document
- Rule-based anonymization decisions with visual feedback to track progress
- Scrambling of patient IDs to protect individual identities
- Masking of private company and patient information
- Conversion of specific ages to age ranges
- Support for both full anonymization and pseudo-anonymization
Compliance and Transparency Coverage
- Personal protected information (PPI) redaction and anonymization
- Personal protected data (PPD) redaction and anonymization
- Commercial confidential information (CCI) redaction and anonymization
- Automated processing to meet new and evolving regulatory transparency requirements for clinical trial report disclosure
Data Utility and Secondary Analysis
- Maximizes and maintains the integrity of study data throughout the anonymization process
- Enables secondary analysis of clinical data after anonymization
- Applies a range of information-protection measures while preserving data value
ANONYMIZE is available as part of TrialAssure's broader platform, which also includes managed services for clinical data sharing, compliance, and transparency functions. Organizations can leverage TrialAssure's AI-driven tools, deep industry knowledge, and expanded support for a wide range of content types to streamline processes, enhance productivity, and reduce the risk of human error — allowing internal teams to remain focused on core clinical research and development activities.
