New EDGE Community Forum To mark the completion of the EDGE 3 rollout globally we have brought a new tool for collaboration to the EDGE Community, a brand-new community forum, we have called Shareedge. The forum is a place for all Users to connect with other Users from the EDGE Community from across the globe and share best practice. Purpose The purpose of the EDGE Community Forum is to provide a platform for EDGE users to freely communicate with one another, sharing ideas and tips on using EDGE effectively. This is achieved through the space functionality that the forum offers, allowing indi ..read more

New Year Update from Marcomms Its January 24th as I write this, 3 months until the EDGE 3 Conference which just seems crazy as I remember this time last year planning had begun, and we were all thinking “ohhh well there’s loads of time!” But, as we all know time flies! I suppose it would make sense before I go on further to do a quick introduction. I am Beth Mathis and I have worked at the Clinical Informatics Research Unit since 2015, first joining as a Knowledge Support Analyst where I worked closely with the Knowledge Officers, covering support and EDGE implementations. I picked up on some ..read more

End of Year Round-Up for EDGE As we are well into December and approach the end of 2023 there is a huge amount to reflect upon after a year that saw the biggest leap forward in EDGE in its 23-year history. The launch of EDGE version 3 was a huge personal milestone for our team, and seeing the culmination of our collective investments go live was a real triumph. Since the UK launch in May, our dedicated Knowledge Team has been hard at work building on the success with a continuous series of releases to optimise performance and bring further enhancements, ensuring that you have the tools you ne ..read more

EDGE is certified in Cyber Essentials The CIRU are pleased to announce we have been successful in attaining our Cyber Essentials Certification. The Cyber Essentials Certification programme was launched by the UK government in 2014 as part of its National Cyber Security Strategy. The primary goal of Cyber Essentials is to improve the cybersecurity posture of small to medium sized enterprises (SME’s) to establish a baseline of cybersecurity hygiene. Cyber Essentials is a certification that is a requirement for organisations bidding on government contracts in the UK, especially those involving t ..read more

EDGE 3 launched in Canada! We are very excited to share that EDGE 3 has been launched in Canada to Users at the Canadian Cancer Clinical Trials Network (3CTN), Alberta Innovates, and University of Saskatchewan. This follows successful rollouts which have taken place this year to South Africa, New Zealand, and the UK. We recently caught up with 3CTN’s Super User and Portfolio and Informatics Manager, Rebecca Xu, to see how things have gone for them since the launch of EDGE 3. We are delighted to share that Rebecca felt that the transition from EDGE version 2 to EDGE version 3 was overall a smo ..read more

EDGEY’s Trip to South Africa EDGEY and CIRU Head of Trading Services, Tim Gibbons landed in Cape Town, South Africa in early September to visit the University of Cape Town (UCT) Clinical Research Centre and his long-standing friend, Annemie Stewart. University of Cape Town were the first group to convert from EDGE 2 to EDGE 3 in February this year. Since February Annemie has been working with her Data Manager, Lwazi Mhlanti to transition some of the spreadsheet trial trackers from Excel to EDGE. They’re now planning to get stuck in with using some of the Finance recording, apportioning and in ..read more

EDGE 3 Conference Bookings are open! It’s official! We have now opened bookings for the next EDGE Conference – EVOLVE: Engage. Embrace. Empower. The EDGE 3-focused event, EVOLVE, is taking place on the 24th-25th April 2024 at the Vox in Birmingham, England, UK, and will follow the global rollout of EDGE 3. We have used the Vox for two previous conferences and it’s a venue that really works for us. It’s spacious, modern, and has all the breakout and conference rooms close together, making it nice and easy for delegates to get to the sessions they want to attend. We are extremely excited to be ..read more

EDGE 3 launched in the UK After launching EDGE 3 in South Africa and New Zealand, we are thrilled to now share that the new and approved EDGE software was rolled out across the UK earlier this month. EDGE 3 was launched across thousands of sites in England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland and is our biggest launch yet. To mark this event, we caught up with Mikayala King, Research Governance and QA Manager from University Hospitals Southampton (UHS) to see how the launch has gone at one of our biggest UK organisations. Despite Mikayla having an MHRA inspection going on with intense preparations ..read more

EDGE 3 launched in New Zealand Following a successful launch in January to South Africa, we are excited to share that we have now rolled out EDGE 3 Production (LIVE) to our second country, New Zealand. The main sites to receive the updated software are Cancer Trials New Zealand from the University of Auckland (UoA) and the Auckland Cancer Trials Centre. We spoke with users Sarah Benge, Research Operations Manager from UoA, and Natalie Lowe, Unit Coordinator from Auckland Cancer Trials Centre, to hear how the launch went. Both Sarah and Natalie used the words “seamless” when referring to the s ..read more

The EDGE Conference is back! The EDGE 3 Conference After 3+ years since we put on the last EDGE conference, back in March 2020, literally just before the UK went into lockdown, we are over the moon to share we are making plans for the next one. It’s the conference you have all been waiting for: The EDGE conference! The dates to save in the diary are the 24-25th April 2024 as we are bringing you the 6th EDGE conference: EVOLVE: Engage. Embrace. Empower. An EDGE 3 conference. The EVOLVE conference will follow the rollout of EDGE 3, our new and improved version of clinical research management s ..read more