RCT-Reviewer: A Modernized, Standalone Tool for Automated Analysis of Clinical Trials (RCTs)

RCT-Reviewer is a modernized, standalone successor to the acclaimed RobotReviewer, designed to automate the assessment of Clinical Trials (RCTs). This version completely rebuilds the infrastructure for the modern era: it eliminates the need for Java, Docker, and external databases, running instead as a pure Python application on Python 3.13. Key modernization improvements include: - **Simplified Deployment:** Runs entirely locally via Streamlit with no complex setup. - **Modern Stack:** Replaces legacy dependencies with PyMuPDF and Pydantic for faster, more reliable PDF parsing and data handling. - **Optimized ML Pipeline:** Utilizes a Linear SVM-only approach for Risk of Bias assessment and RCT classification, ensuring reproducibility and stability across all platforms without the overhead of TensorFlow. This tool preserves the predictive power of the original while making the technology accessible, stable, and ready for modern research environments.