Live AI test: can Castor Catalyst help clinical sites?

Can AI actually help sites?

Brad Hightower, CEO of Hightower Clinical, uploads real site documents into Castor Catalyst live on July 1. No script, no slides, no rehearsal. His honest reaction, on camera.

Wednesday
July 1, 2026

7:00 - 8:00 PM7:00 PM
Central European Summer Time (CEST)

1:00 - 2:00 PM1:00 PM
Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)

10:00 - 11:00 AM10:00 AM
Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)

Duration: 60 minutes

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What you will see on July 1

More than half of clinical sites still capture protocol visit data on paper. Brad Hightower has been raising this challenge publicly for years, and instead of debating it, Castor CEO, Derk Arts invited him to test a solution live on camera. On July 1 at 1 PM EDT, Brad uploads real site documents via Castor Catalyst with no prep and no safety net. Watch the extraction happen in real time and hear his unfiltered reaction from the site perspective. The session also covers AI-assisted Source Data Verification, patient-mediated EMR retrieval, and a live voice scribing experiment.

Watch a site professional test AI document extraction live, with no prep and no script
Hear an honest assessment of whether AI tools actually reduce burden for sites today
See how Catalyst processes real site documents — scanned files, faxes, clinical notes — end to end
Follow a live voice scribe experiment capturing patient data in real time
Ask your own questions in the open Q&A about what AI can realistically do for site workflows

Frequently Asked Questions

Can AI process paper documents for clinical trial sites?
AI-assisted document extraction can convert scanned source documents, faxes, and unstructured clinical notes into structured, regulatory-grade study data, with human review and validation at each step. Castor Catalyst reduces manual chart review time from 39 minutes to 6 minutes on average, with a 0% AI error rate on validated extraction tasks. The July 1 session puts this to a live, unscripted test with a working site professional uploading real documents on camera.
What is Castor Catalyst and how does it work for sites?
Castor Catalyst is an AI-powered orchestration framework built on Google Cloud infrastructure. It enables clinical trial sites to upload unstructured documents (scanned files, faxes, clinical notes) and have the data extracted into structured, regulatory-grade EDC entries automatically, with human review as required. It also supports patient-mediated retrieval of EMR and claims data via direct patient consent and FHIR.
Is this a scripted product demo or a genuine live test?
This is a genuine live test. Brad Hightower will upload real site documents into Castor Catalyst with no preparation, no script, and no rehearsal. The session is designed around honest feedback from the site perspective. If something does not work as expected, you will see that on camera too.