Usability Enhancements

The updates in this section improve on ease of use, maximize efficiency, and give you a more efficient user experience with ClearTrial.

Power User Role Permissions Update (for Assigned System Administrators)

Release 5.8 makes the permissions to create studies optional for those users who are assigned the Power User primary role. Existing users who are assigned the Power User role will have this permission enabled/selected by default, but any new users assigned the Power User role will not be able to create studies by default; your assigned ClearTrial System Administrator can grant this permission.

Monitoring Assumption Update

The existing Other hours onsite per visit monitoring approach assumption, introduced in Release 5.7, has been renamed to Other (Non-SDV) hours onsite per visit in Release 5.8 to be more explicit.

When included in your 5.8 Bid Grid, this specification is called Non-SDV hours per visit for consistency in the Specifications worksheet.

Cost Model Display on Plan List Screen

The Cost Model version per plan will be displayed by default on the Plan List screen so you can easily identify existing plans using a prior Cost Model eligible for upgrade.

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The option Configure List Options, located in the upper right on all list screens, gives you the flexibility to select which data columns you want displayed on the list screen.

Choose the Cost Model for New Plans

When creating a new plan from a user-defined template, there is a new option to change the Cost Model for the plan.

Plans created from user-defined templates will default to the latest available Cost Model.

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New plans created from the ClearTrial-defined template will always use the latest available Cost Model by default.

Specify Custom Fields as Boolean Type (for Custom Fields Designers)

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Additional roles/capabilities are required for creating custom fields and custom field models. Custom Fields Designer—This additional role grants permissions required to create, edit, view, and delete custom fields within the DRAFT custom field model and to check-out, check-in, and publish the DRAFT custom field model.

For those Custom Fields Designers creating custom fields to use as variables in scripted algorithms in a plan, there is now a new data type to choose from for a custom field type: Boolean. This type of custom field can be used when you are defining variables where the values are yes or no (or any other affirmative or negative response up to 8 characters). For example, for your custom scripted algorithm, if the scripted variable's value is yes, perform this specific calculation. Else, if the custom field value is no, perform a different calculation.

Manage your Notifications in Real Time

Easily manage your notifications in real time when you edit your user profile, launched by clicking on your name in the upper right hand menu bar and clicking Edit Profile. You will see two new options selected by default to receive service notifications going forward, including future release announcements or the ability to provide your input in any surveys we conduct.