Castor's eConsent software provides an all-in-one platform for managing electronic informed consent in clinical trials. It offers a seamless experience for patients, enabling remote recruitment, screening, and enrollment from the comfort of their homes. The platform's modular design allows for integration into traditional, hybrid, or fully decentralized trials. Key features include secure video visits for remote consent, automated patient recruitment through customizable portals, and real-time tracking of enrollment progress. The software is designed to increase patient access and diversity, reduce site burden, and improve patient retention and study comprehension. It is also compliant with 21 CFR Part 11, ensuring data integrity and patient privacy.

Features:

• Castor’s all-in-one eConsent platform Castor’s suite of modular eConsent solutions creates clinical trial efficiencies from recruitment and screening, all the way to direct data capture and analysis. Each virtual element can be integrated into your traditional, hybrid, or fully decentralized trial as a standalone solution, or packaged together as an all-in-one eConsent platform.

• Recruit and enroll participants with a seamless onboarding experience Increase patient access and diversity with remote enrollment. Recruit your participants through a customized recruitment portal and pre-screen with questionnaires to help filter appropriate participants. After consent, patient data from enrolled participants can automatically be updated in Castor EDC, ready for the next step. 

• Consent study participants remotely with secure video visits Host remote consent visits with video and engage participants in the comfort of their home. No switching between applications – video calls, signatures, and questionnaires are all built-in to reduce complexity and increase your patient’s experience.

• Video visits for remote eConsent No 3rd party plugin or download required. Ensure transparency and enhance study comprehension for study subjects with secure, encrypted video calling.

• Automated and digital patient recruitment Study subjects can enroll themselves organically using a customizable patient portal landing page and/or study managers can manually send patients invites to enroll in a clinical trial.

• Versioning & ICF management Multiple consent forms are available for a single site and/or across multiple sites. ICF statuses and versioning ensures sites are always using the correct version. New ICFs can be created quickly by duplicating existing ones. Patients re-consent for amended protocols.

• Compliance 21 CFR Part 11 electronic signature compliant and industry leading encryption, protects patient privacy, and ensures tamper-proof eConsent. Full audit trail and multi-factor authentication ensure ease of use and security.

• Integrated platform and open architecture Native integration with Castor product suite (EDC and ePRO app) to allow uninterrupted data capture flow in a single ecosystem. Flexibility to integrate with other eClinical technology vendors through RESTful API.

• User management Flexible roles that help the consent workflow and multicenter study responsibilities: Patients, Care-givers/Guardians, Study Admin, Site Admin, Investigator, Monitor and Read-only users.

Edition:

• **Remote consent essentials **Core eConsent
  • Built-in video calling and eSignature
  • ICF and participant reporting with status overview
  • Global regulatory compliance
• **Recruitment and enrollment **eConsent + recruitment and screening
  • Customizable patient eRecruitment portal
  • Integrated pre-screening questionnaire
• **One system, one trial **eConsent + recruitment and screening + EDC
  • One login, one experience for eConsent, ePRO, eCOA, EDC and device/wearables
  • Designed to optimize the patient and site experience