What's new
Please check your system’s Specification page to find out which version of Red Pill you are using, and for information about any patches applied.
Mar 2024 - version 30.1.0
- Internal changes to the way that prognostic factors are described on randomisation forms
Mar 2024 - version 30.0.0
- The minimisation randomisation method was updated internally to make it easier to change the randomisation configuration during a trial (such as adding or removing prognostic factors or updating treatment groups and/or the allocation ratio)
- Support for Internet Explorer 11 dropped — please use a modern browser such as a recent version of Chrome, Safari, Edge, Firefox etc
- More internal changes to make customisations easier
- Fixed an issue with required if/unless validation rules not working as expected with checkboxes
- Fixed an issue that prevented customised restock ratios being used when choosing kits to send to a site
Jan 2024 - version 29.1.1
- Fixed issue with randomisation reports being shown in apps without randomisation
Dec 2023 - version 29.1.0
- New permission introduced to allow users to see the unblinded treatment group on the code list page and download
Dec 2023 - version 29.0.0
- Various internal changes to make customisations easier
- Speed improvements to reports especially for those with many rows
- Form permissions for each role are now shown on the specification page along with the other user permissions
Nov 2023 - version 28.2.2
- Various fixes related to building randomisation systems
Nov 2023 - version 28.2.1
- Fix to visits that were incorrectly marked as not being due in the timeline when the due date was today
Oct 2023 - version 28.2.0
- Performance improvement to speed up loading of participant view with many visits and forms
- Addition of NHS number validator
- Other minor bug fixes
Aug 2023 - version 28.1.0
- Fixed a bug preventing decryption during download for forms with multiple versions
- Fixed a bug preventing customisations of roles and permissions
- Overdue forms is now called Timeline as it includes the status of all forms in the CRF including those that do not have a calculated due date
- Other minor bug fixes
Jul 2023 - version 28.0.0
- Staging systems now makes it clear whether the built system is a release candidate
- Randomisation lists can be replaced during the trial to help with adaptive and master protocol type trials. Treatment groups, block sizes and allocation ratios can be changed by the newly uploaded list. A summary of changes is logged to the audit trail.
- The ability to set any restock ratio for each treatment and kit type at each site was added. Previously the restock ratio was determined by the allocation ratio in the trial. Only users with the new Set re-stock ratios permission can change these ratios.
- Improved explanation and use of icons when uploading lists
- Kit block is no longer mandatory when uploading code lists
- Sites created during list upload now have Europe/London timezone (was UTC before)
- Bug fixes and performance improvements
Jun 2023 - version 27.0.1
- Bug fix for helper script
Jun 2023 - version 27.0.0
- Encrypted PII form data can be optionally downloaded in a decrypted state if the user has permission to view PII data
- Archive downloads are always decrypted
- The encryption cipher was updated from AES-256 to XSalsa20
Jun 2023 - version 26.0.8
- Bug fix for subject invitations listing
May 2023 - version 26.0.7
- Bug fixes for custom validation, links to view and edit repeating forms and timezones
Feb 2023 - version 26.0.6
- Bug fixes
- It is now possible to edit user permissions for existing roles and create new roles with selected permissions
- Sites and roles are retained when rebuilding test systems
- Archives are now accessed from the Download page
- The maximum number of fields possible on a form has been increased
- Some settings (such as investigators being able to edit forms and unblind) have been removed as these are now controlled by editing role permissions
- Bug fixes and performance improvements
- Any patches applied to the Red Pill library will be listed on the Specification page in the “Libraries” section.
- Placeholder text in date inputs was changed from a date string to a date format string.
- Bugfixes for Add participant/Randomise link, listing design issues on CRF designer builds page, handling of trial URL when setting up a new design.
Jun 2022 - version 25.0.1 - 25.0.4
- Bug fixes for low stock emails, subforms in ePRO forms, and date validation across timezones
Validation certificate 25.0.4 | Validation certificate 25.0.3 | Validation certificate 25.0.2 | Validation certificate 25.0.1
May 2022 - version 25.0.0
- New unblinding types have been added to the existing third party unblinding feature. The logged in user can be unblinded either on screen, by email (or both). Note that administrator roles can no longer unblind. Assign the unblinding role to any user who needs to be able to unblind.
- Validation of the identifier field can now be specified in the CRF Builder using a pattern match.
- Issues that might prevent building an app in the CRF Builder are now detected and shown on the Builds page. This includes changes to the schema that have affected any customisations that relied on them.
- Radio buttons are now shown as full width buttons on mobile screens to make them easier to use.
- The field value column has been added back to the Validation overrides report (it was removed in version 21). Encrypted values are only shown to users with PII permission.
- The investigator edit setting defaults to ON.
- Fixed an issue with pop-up messages on small screens that meant the close link could be hidden.
- Some bugs with date validation and timezones were fixed.