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Castor eConsent Release Notes 2023.2.x.x

Major Release 2023.2.x.x

Release dates

EU server: July 11, 6 pm CET / 12 pm EDT

US server: July 12, 11 am CET / 5 am ED

New features and enhancements

  • Added functionality to support radio button questions in the ICF. The study team can create questions in the ICF builder and the participant is able to fill in the radio button questions when signing.
  • Study team members are able to configure more than two answer options for their radio button questions.
  • It is possible to mark a radio button question as required. The participant is not able to save the document without entering an answer.
  • It is possible to configure the answer options in radio button questions.
  • When removing a participant question, a modal will be shown to confirm your decision.
  • Participant questions and it's corresponding answers are displayed on the pdf version of an unassigned ICF.
  • Participant questions and it's corresponding answers are displayed on the pdf version of a signed ICF. 
  • Participant questions and it's corresponding answers are included in the ICF information exports
  • Changes to radio button questions are reflected in the audit trail.
  • Implemented a new 'Protocol version' field to improve differentiation between ICFs.
  • The protocol version field is included in the ICF information export.
  • Made sure that the web version of the ICF matched the pdf version in how required elements are displayed.
  • Improvements on the opened ICF page to make sure it is mobile-friendly.
  • When in a video call, a progress bar visualizes the amount of remaining documents that still need to be signed.
  • Removed the 'Start call' button that was displayed for every ICF on the ICF overview page of the participant.
  • When in a video call, the video feed of both users will stay on screen when scrolling through a document.

System defects fixes

  •   Fixed an issue where the list of assigned ICFs in a video call would be in a different order for the participant and investigator.
  •   Fixed an issue where it was possible to add sites when 'All sites' was already selected in the process of adding a user.
  •   Fixed an issue where a registered study team member without the necessary subject-read-identifying right could navigate to the ICF content if they navigate directly to the ICF's url (as the UI does not allow it).. PII data such as the participant's signature was not visible, but the ICF content is now also made inaccessible.
  •   Fixed an issue where site investigators weren't able to add new participants to the study due to the language field not being populated.
  •   Fixed an issue where styling in participant agreements would not be rendered on the ICF.

Maintenance Release 2023.2.1.0

 Release date

EU & US servers: July 28, 9 AM CET / 3 AM ET

New features and enhancements

  • To improve performance of searching in the participant overview, search query results will be displayed unsorted.
  • To improve performance of searching in the participant overview, pagination can be disabled for studies that have specifically requested this.

Hotfix Release 2023.2.1.1

Release date

EU & US servers: August 3, 10 AM CET / 4 AM ET

System defect fixes

  • Fixed an issue where entering a video call as a participant would take a long time.

Minor Release 2023.2.2.0

Release dates

EU server: August 16, 6 pm CET / 12 pm ET

US server: August 17, 10 am CET / 4 am ET

New features and enhancements

  • All instances of the Quill editor in eConsent have been replaced with TinyMCE.
  • It is possible to add images to the ICF-editor when TinyMCE is used as an editor.
  • It is possible to add URLs through the new TinyMCE editor.
  • Downloaded PDFs still look similar to the web version when TinyMCE is used as the editor.
  • ICFs that were created before the release will still be rendered by the Quill editor. All new editors will use TinyMCE by default.
  • Text in the ICF editor can be formatted as subscript and superscript.
  • Sub- and superscript text is visible on the downloaded pdf-version of the ICF.
  • All electronic ICFs that are assigned to a participant can now be included for review in a video call.
  • When starting a video call, the modal visualizes the consent status of each ICF that is assigned to the participant.
  • Changed the wording of some terms on the participant dashboard to make sure sentences are correct and consistent.
  • The action of accepting a study invite as a study team member has gotten a performance improvement to make sure it will properly work in studies with a lot of participants.

System defect fixes

  • Fixed an issue where 'Back' navigation buttons would redirect you to the previous page in your history instead of one level up in the navigation.
  • Fixed an issue where locking and unlocking an ICF was possible while the lock-unlock setting was turned off for the study.
  • Fixed an issue where creating a webhook would return a 201 response even though the resource is not supported.
  • Fixed an issue where the study logo would be removed after changing the study description.
  • Fixed an issue where, in studies with at least 32 ICFs, not all available ICFs would be shown when inviting a new participant.
  • Fixed an issue where searching would lead to an error.

Maintenance Release 2023.2.3.0

Release dates

EU & US servers: September 8, 9 AM CET / 3 AM ET

System defect fixes

  • Fixed an issue where setting up new integrations was not possible anymore.

Maintenance Release 2023.2.4.0

Release dates

EU & US servers: September 15, 9 AM CET / 3 AM ET

System defect fixes

  • Fixed a couple of inconsistencies (button label, disabled actions) when a participant record is in the 'archived' status. 
  • Fixed an issue where setting up new integrations was not possible anymore.

Maintenance Release 2023.2.5.0

Release dates

EU & US servers: October 10, 8 AM CET / 2 AM ET

New features and enhancements

  • Improved the usability of the participant registration page by scrolling to the highest invalid field to show participant where they made a mistake.
  • To improve usability, we replaced the date text fields with date picker components on the registration page the participant fills in and in the participant detail modal on the study team member side.

System defect fixes

  • Fixed an issue where leaving the one of the date fields open when creating a new ICF would lead to a default date value being inserted.
  • Fixed an issue where emptying the personal detail fields of a participant as a study team member would not process after saving.

Maintenance Release 2023.2.6.0

Release dates

EU & US servers: November 13, 8 AM CET / 2 AM ET

System defect fixes

  • Fixed an issue where creating participants would be slow in studies with a lot of participants with the 'Invited' status.

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