Castor EDC Erfahrungen

Great online program for study

Kommentare: Good online service. Very helpfull for my Study

Vorteile:

Safe program, you can use it on every computer, at home and in the office. It was fine to use the trial version.

Nachteile:

Some little bugs, difficult Java scripts, Not possible to changes the output file

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen: Microsoft Excel

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Castor EDC: Safety, obligatory to use a data program, online possibility

Light touch system

Kommentare: Easy set up for a simple study, including simple sales experience
Our biggest headache has been with slowness of the system, though some of that is because hospital IT departments have a "go slow" on any non-critical website. We've solved the issue by providing alternative routes to connect to the internet. However, it is still occasionally reported as being slow to update a page when SDV / sign off being captured.

Vorteile:

Not overly complicated design and user interface for non-drug trials Easy set up, especially of internal data checks Nested forms (records) Visual cleanliness Globally based servers

Nachteile:

Users report it being "clunky" and slow to update pages. This is more noticeable towards the end of the day (don't know if that is numbers of people using the system, or a reflection of having been working on it for several hours) It is not possible to filter on data within reports (as you can with records), nor run queries within the system (to find out how many patients have been diagnosed with a specific condition, captured in a report, I have to extract data for all patients, and clean it up in excel before I can run a simple count/filter function. The stats page doesn't allow scrolling, which means I often loose half the information User experience of using the system across different smart phones is variable

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen: Greenlight Guru Clinical und OpenClinica

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Castor EDC: pricing not based on numbers of patients ability to capture images from within the system

Castor EDC is easy to use

Vorteile:

Easy to build the eCRF forms as well as define the study roles and join users to the study. CRF forms can be replicated from one study to another in very easy way and faster.

Nachteile:

The data export functionality should be improved. XML and SAS datasets formats exports should be added

A useful tool in research data collection

Kommentare: Very good experience in handling forms and participant data.

Vorteile:

Allows you to view participant data in an organized and efficient way, and the forms are easy to fill out and manage.

Nachteile:

it needs a more visible alert when a form is empty, because sometimes you do not notice it and you have to check it again point by point.

Excellent EDC and easy to use

Vorteile:

Easy to use, manage and build. Multiple users can easlily work in a case-by-case EDC. Setting authorizations is easy and feedback can be given by means of queries. Data export is easy and complete.

Nachteile:

It tends to get slower over time due to pilled up logs which are logged on the background and can be cleared by the team of castor.

My favorite eCRF platform so far

Kommentare: Using Castor EDC for a medical device clinical investigation.

Vorteile:

The tool was easy to learn thanks to a few, short instructional tutorials and a great FAQ. I enjoyed the great level of control when building forms, and even managed to do some coding - and to test that code to make sure it really worked. The user interface has a modern look compared to many other EDCs. The smooth two-factor authentication is a plus.

Nachteile:

Some building blocks are a bit limited in how they can be used. For example, some can't be set as "required", so one has to create additional fields to achieve the same result.

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen: Greenlight Guru Clinical

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Castor EDC: Greater ease of use, eCRF design features (e.g. building blocks) and overall layout.

Clear and easy to use

Kommentare: My job is data entry in the context of clinical studies in various indications.
Finding and answering questions is very well structured.
Data entry is simple
I really enjoy working with Castor.

Vorteile:

I like the clear layout and the structure. This type of structure makes my work easier

Nachteile:

I have not found any disadvantages for my field of activity so far

Good product, best service and easy to use

Vorteile:

The structure is intuïtive, solid and runs smoothly which is very important for multicenter research. It helped me significantly in my work as project manager of an international multicenter RCT.

Nachteile:

There are still options for improvement, such as a reminder for participating researchers of a coming deadline for a study visit (but Castor may have added this feature since I last used it).

Castor: how simple can it be

Kommentare: Quite happy with it and compared to other trial sites it's much more better.

Vorteile:

Userfriendly, very easy to handle. It is not difficult to find your way.

Nachteile:

I do not have any bad experience with Castor.

Great EDC performance!

Vorteile:

I like how the EDC looks because it is very visual, and it is easy to see what remains to be completed.

Nachteile:

Sometimes, the queries are not visible in which CRFs are located.

Castor - a modern data entry tool for research

Kommentare: I use Castor for two studies, one of which is a long-term multicentre study. I have designed these studies in Castor and am very happy with the product.

Vorteile:

Castor is easy to use. In designing studies, I like how variables and answers are easily created, and that answers can be re-used for multiple variables. I also really appreciate the feature to have a variable depend on a (hidden) calculation. In using that feature, I have found that https://www.castoredc.com/tools/calculation-helper/ is a great way of testing your calculations are syntactically correct. It is also helpful that additional information can be given per variable. All these and other features make data entry clear and understandable for users, which in turn ensures that data entry mistakes are minimised or even prevented. Furthermore, it helps each study with an audit trail, so that changes are clearly documented for audit purposes. In my contact with customer support I have found that they responded swiftly and were always able to help me with any queries. Lastly, Castor keeps improving on its exisiting product, which to me is a significant sign of long-term viability. This is especially relevant when considering Castor for long-term research projects.

Nachteile:

Getting to know Castor takes a bit of time, but it is very helpful to be aware of the structure of Castor, which allows you to fully utilise its potential.

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen: OpenClinica

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Castor EDC: Ease of use.

A reliable database for all types of studies

Kommentare: Dont let the cons bother you too much. Its a future proof software which every researcher should seriously consider using.

Vorteile:

+ Ease of use, it didnt take long to master it. + Castor EDC is supported by many companies as a reliable partner. + Castor keeps updating its product and services in order to keep up with developments in research law and good clinical practice. + No more paper! (Or rather.. less paper) + The ability to create case report forms of measurement instruments for future use in other studies. + Large amount of options for all types of studies.

Nachteile:

- The way the database is set up enforces the user to decide how he/she wants her data to be exported. - The system is not really designed for a high amount of measurements per step. It leads to some lagg in inserting data and it will nog let you make entire steps missing when applicable -> meaning you have to tag every single item as missing which is not very efficient. - The use of previously used/exported CRFs is still in development. For instance, only entire steps can be exported for future use though often steps contain multiple instruments or measurements.

CASTOR for clinical studies

Kommentare: CASTOR incorporates everything that I wanted from an electronic data capture program, and is so easy to use that everyone can work with it.

Vorteile:

CASTOR for me is the answer to electronic data capture. It is easy to use, you have full control, it is safe and data from several sources can be incorporated. Can be used by the investigator, monitor as well as the participant for answering the questionnaires. I also like the fact that the software keeps being developed and better features are added regulary. Communication is excellent.

Nachteile:

The help section is sometimes a bit hard to work through. Also would like to have a printable version of the manual (esp. for instructions to people using the ready-made castor forms).

Castor Review

Kommentare: Very good! Since we use Castor our data quality has improved tremendously since our research staff (around the world) immediatly got familiar with Castor and found it much easier to use than the previous systems.

Vorteile:

How fast we could get started as Castor is very user friendly. We could build some eCRFs ourselves, and the support provided for the parts we could not do ourselves was very fast, adequate and high quality.

Nachteile:

Nothing so far. Some minor features that were not available were customly build for us when requested.

Really Versatile and GDPR Compliant Data Storage Platform

Kommentare: The ability to build our own research forms and surveys, quickly and in GDPR compliant way is a massive help for us as it has drastically reduced the cost of this and also the time it takes to get the forms built. It means we can do research faster and cheaper and with compliance headaches handled. The support from Castor has been amazing. They are very quick to respond (even to stupid questions!) and gave us huge support before we signed up.

Vorteile:

We literally have found tons of uses for Castor. The ability to build your own forms quickly and knowing the data is stored in a GDPR Compliant way is a HUGE help for us. Also the validation options in the fields are really good / ensure high level of data quality. And Also, The SPSS export function is really a great help too!

Nachteile:

The Surveys do not work well on Mobile phones and most of our research participants would use them that way.

Review of Castor

Vorteile:

- Ease of Programming. I don't have any programming experience, but I was able to build out the whole EDC database by myself, just watching the tutorial videos and explanations on the Castor website. - Responsive Support. Mainly interacted with Customer Support leads, but as a whole was impressed that the support team took our issues seriously and followed through to conclusion. - Low Price. Honestly, likely too low of a price for the value. Others in the field are something like 10x what you are charging, or far more. - User Interface. I like the changes made recently. Really opens up the screen.

Nachteile:

- Loading Time. This may be down to how I organized my Study with lots of repeated measures and a long architecture. But it takes a good 30-60 seconds to load up an individual Subject, and then 10 seconds or so to switch fields sometimes, most notably when I'm trying to dig through Reports. - Single Dependencies. Likely it would overcomplicate the programming, but being able to have more than 1 Dependency for an item would be useful. Only in a small percentage of cases, so the vast majority a single Dependency was sufficient. A like-to-have, not a need-to-have.

Beste Datamanagement System I'v worked with

Vorteile:

I really like Castor EDC. It is easy to build and has many features. I use Castor EDC on a daily basis for my multicentre RCT. It is easy that I an keep in touch with other centres through this system. Futhermore, it is very easy to send out questionnaires. The most positive thing about Castor is that you have all your data in one place. Finally, Catsor has a very good customer service. If I have a problem, I get a respons in one hour. At the beginning we had some difficulties with our study, and Castor invited us to their main office to help us.

Nachteile:

I hope in feature, Castor will be linked with EPIC. Furthermore, I hope will be possible to sign Informed Consents in Castor.

High-quality data collection

Vorteile:

What I like about Castor is that I can create a user-friendly database that will also create a user-friendly output, i.e. that I can already prepare the data as much as possible to make data analysis easier.

Nachteile:

More possibilities regarding surveys would add even more value: automatic reminders to subjects to complete their survey, notifications if surveys have not been completed yet (in addition to the existing notifications that surveys have been completed).

Really intuitive

Vorteile:

Really easy to use, very intuitive. In multicentre trials with lots of collaborators involved you need a software with those characteristics so that collaborators won't have problems. The online platform works really well and fast.

Nachteile:

There are some things that need to be solved to save time, when giving access to collaborators, at least in trials with many users.

Makes clinical research easier!

Kommentare: It has made easier to carry on a prospective registry.

Vorteile:

It helps you to have everything in order.

Nachteile:

You can't print the information in a structured format.

Very easy software for data collection

Kommentare: It is very easy to use for save data collection.

Vorteile:

Castor is very easy to use for data collection, but also to build other sharing platforms.

Nachteile:

The possibility to upload video's should be more easy.

Review

Vorteile:

It is very intuitive to use. It's very easy to design a CRF. Customer support is always available to help with queries, if there are any. I honestly did not have any trouble at all running my study on Castor. I would recommend it to everyone and I strongly believe collaborative research is the way to go forward.

Nachteile:

I don't have anything to criticise at all.

Good program

Kommentare: Very good

Vorteile:

It is reliable. Every day a back-up is made of my database.

Nachteile:

Sometimes the site is running (very) slow. Especially after running some calculations.

Castor EDC

Vorteile:

Castor is really easy to use and realiable software

Nachteile:

I am really content with castor; so I do not have any negative points about this software

Absolutely easy to use Data management tool for clinical trials

Kommentare: Realized one randomized clinical Trial and two retrospective data analyses

Vorteile:

Easy to use, no Knowledge on programming needed, not too expensive

Nachteile:

Some Tools ae missing for my Purpose e.g. multimedial integration