CHARLESTOWN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--How do you measure pain in a clinical trial? Certain objective outcomes, such as cholesterol and blood sugar levels, are easily assessed with accurate devices and tests. The only dependable way to determine pain level, however, is to ask the patients directly – and the excess noise found when using paper diaries to accomplish this has led to the failure of many clinical trials. PHT’s LogPad® System is the market-leading electronic patient reported outcome (ePRO) system, used in over 280 clinical trials worldwide by forward-thinking study sponsors, such as DURECT Corporation, in order to improve data quality and reliability.