Researcher’s time is valuable. Not only because researchers face important workloads with limited resources and tight deadlines, but because time pressure can affect the researcher’s work and lead to several issues, especially during the intensive data capture phase:
- Data protection & compliance: the harder it is to use an EDC, the more likely researchers are to use alternative solutions such as paper or spreadsheets, putting the researcher at risk to violate security and compliance guidelines
- Data quality: when a task is tedious, people usually make mistakes, and data capture is no exception. The last thing researchers want is for bad data to be captured and potentially affect the overall outcome of their research projects.
- Research Potential: let’s face it, data capture is tedious and not what researchers shine. Interacting with patients, devising hypotheses, coming up with solutions is where researchers bring the most value, and where we want them to focus.
Any device, anywhere, anytime
As a cloud solution, Castor can be used on any web browser on your favourite device, anywhere, anytime. This means you can rely on the solution that is the most adequate to each situation: a tablet when interacting with patients, a laptop when on the move, or a desktop when working in the lab or your office.
Intuitive Form Builder
You don’t need technical skills to create a study in Castor EDC. Thanks to its intuitive FormBuilder, you can easily and rapidly build complex studies, which usually requires coding knowledge in other EDCs. To see how intuitive Castor is, have a look at our video tutorials showing how to define phases and steps, add fields, or set validations and dependencies.
Form Exchange
You can use our Form Exchange to import existing surveys, questionnaires, and calculations contributed by other researchers. This will save you from reinventing the wheel, will help you get started faster, and allow you to focus on tasks that are essential and specific to your research.
Overview dashboard
The amount of data captured during a study or trial can be significant, and keeping track of the overall progress can be a real challenge. That is why Castor provides a very visual interface to help researchers keep a clear overview of the progress accomplished and the work ahead.
Listening to Feedback
What allows us to continuously improve our product is that we embrace feedback. Our company culture isn’t to hide behind a support wall, but to provide researchers with open and transparent ways of sharing their opinion. If you see any room for improvement in Castor EDC, you can write a recommendation on platforms such as Capterra, G2Crowd, Alternativeto, or GetApp, and we will take that feedback into account to improve the product.
Professional support
If you need help conducting specific tasks in Castor, we have a detailed instruction manual and video tutorials to show you around. You can also always ask us a question, and we’ll be happy to help.
Upcoming design
We are working on a complete re-design of the EDC, with an even more optimized interface that we believe will simplify data capture even further. If you want to know when the new design is released, you can sign up for our newsletter, and we’ll keep you posted. Alternatively, you can request a demo and ask that question to our team member who will be presenting you the EDC.