85–90% Faster Interim Analysis. 70% Programming Automated. 50% Faster Database Lock. $200–400K Saved.

Outcomes

What we did

85–90%

Faster interim analysis (3 weeks → 2 days)

70%

Programming effort automated

50%

Faster database lock

$200–400K

Cost savings per trial vs FSP

About Company
A Head of Biometrics leading a US-based team is managing 2–5 concurrent trials, with 70–80% of programming effort spent on SDTM/ADaM mapping and TFL generation.

Interim analyses require 2–3 weeks, creating bottlenecks across trials awaiting statistical outputs.

With $180–220/hr FSP costs and increasing backlog, delays in programming directly impact database lock timelines and submission readiness.
Challenges

Key Barriers
to Trial Execution

Programming Backlogs
80% time on SDTM/ADaM and TFL tasks
Repetitive manual derivations
Delays across study queue
Slow Interim Analysis
2–3 week turnaround times
Manual generation of outputs
Delayed adaptive decisions
Database Lock Pressure
DB lock delays impact submissions
Quality Risk
Manual steps increase error risk
Biometrics team bottleneck
Inconsistencies detected late
Downstream rework required
Downstream regulatory pressure
Core platform

Operational Solution

Maxis AI Agentic Workflows — Under Human Oversight Throughout

AI Statistical Programming

70% SDTM/ADaM + TFL automation
Validation workflows automated
Shift to high-value statistical work
70% programming effort automated

Automated Interim Analysis

Pipelines generate curves and outputs
Audit-traceable workflows
Weeks of work in 1–2 days
85–90% faster interim analysis

Accelerated Database Lock

Early anomaly detection
Human-in-the-loop validation
Reduced query cycles
50% faster DB lock; $200–400K saved
Maxis AI operated as a governed  and supervised execution layer within existing systems throughout.
Core platform

Measured Impact

Quantified Outcomes After Deploying Maxis AI’s Agentic Workflows
MetricBefore Agentic AIAfter Agentic AI
Interim analysis turnaround2–3 weeks of manual statistical programming and data cleaning per cycle1–2 days through supervised automated pipeline with expert validation
Programming effort80% of programmer time spent on repetitive SDTM/ADaM mapping; $180–220/hr FSP rates70% automated under supervised execution; programmers refocused on high-value design work
Database lockDelayed in 30–40% of trials; every slip advancing submission risk downstreamAccelerated by up to 50% — $200K–$400K cost savings per trial vs FSP rates
Data quality detectionInconsistencies detected late in manual reviews after downstream rework was already affectedAI flagged anomalies earlier in data flow; 30–40% reduction in data queries
Team capacitySenior programmers consumed by repetitive derivation work with limited capacity for design20–30% analytical capacity reclaimed for advanced modelling and adaptive design work
Outcomes

Interim analysis turnaround compressed from 3 weeks to 1–2 days, database lock accelerated up to 50%, and $200–400K saved per trial vs FSP rates.

85–90% faster interim analysis turnaround (3 weeks → ~2 days)
70% of repetitive programming effort automated under expert oversight
Database lock accelerated up to 50% — $200K–$400K saved per trial vs FSP rates
30–40% reduction in data queries through earlier anomaly detection
2–3× faster decision cycles — adaptive trial decisions made with greater speed and confidence

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