# Unlocking Unstructured Data with AI for Optimized Protocol Development Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/pharmatalkradio-7131046/unlocking-unstructured-data-with-ai-for-optimized-protocol-development Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/pharmatalkradio-7131046/unlocking-unstructured-data-with-ai-for-optimized-protocol-development.md Podcast: [PharmaTalkRadio](https://stenobird.com/podcast/pharmatalkradio-7131046) Published: 2026-06-02T16:49:02+00:00 Episode link: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/unlocking-unstructured-data-with-ai-for-optimized-protocol-development--72296117 Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72296117/pharmatalk_mike_eckrote_advarra_v1.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/pharmatalkradio-7131046/episodes/unlocking-unstructured-data-with-ai-for-optimized-protocol-development Duration seconds: 1444 ## Resource In this podcast, Mike Eckrote, SVP, Strategic Solutions at Advarra, talks about how artificial intelligence is being used to pull insights out of structured and unstructured data sources to help sponsors avoid protocol amendments and delays. More specifically, Mike discusses: How Advarra is leveraging past IRB data sources to identify common causes of site burden, study delays and amendments What questions sponsors should be asking of AI vendors, to pick the correct partner How sponsors have responded to the insights surfaced by this technology Why sponsors must adapt to a flexibility mindset in order to truly make changes with downstream impact ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/pharmatalkradio-7131046/episodes/unlocking-unstructured-data-with-ai-for-optimized-protocol-development/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/pharmatalkradio-7131046/unlocking-unstructured-data-with-ai-for-optimized-protocol-development.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.