EDGE 3 launched in New Zealand — EDGE Research Management

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 Te Pūriri o Te Ora (Cancer & Blood) Research from Te Toka Tumai Auckland.

We spoke with users Sarah Benge, Research Operations Manager and Eibhlin Corrigan, Trials Manager from UoA, as well as Natalie Lowe, Unit Coordinator from Te Pūriri o Te Ora (Cancer & Blood) Research, to hear how the launch went. Both Sarah and Natalie used the words “seamless” when referring to the switch over from EDGE version 2 to EDGE version 3. Natalie followed on to share how her users were “stunned at first” but quickly settled into exploring and clicking around to familiarise themselves with the new layout. For UoA, Sarah gave the following comments:

“For Cancer Trials New Zealand (University of Auckland) the launch was seamless, we had notifications from the EDGE team at University of Southampton and a countdown when we logged into EDGE 2, it all happened whilst we were asleep, and we woke to the new EDGE 3. We only have a few users so transitioning to using the new structure and interface was easy for us.”

During our interview we also asked if there were any hurdles that the sites had to overcome. The response to this question was again very positive. Sarah confirmed she had nothing to overcome, and Natalie told us that there were a few bugs to fix, however, these were resolved quickly by the EDGE team. Natalie also said the following:

“Shout outs to Nicky and the EDGE developers! You’re amazing! We feel honored to be the second country in the world to receive EDGE 3!”

Both Sarah and Natalie have reported how easily and quickly users have adapted to the change and were able to use the system straight away with no issues. Natalie shared:

“Our users have quickly adapted to the shiny new EDGE interface, and this really just highlights how user-friendly the EDGE 3 design is. Although things have been arranged differently and a few things have even been renamed, their new locations/names are logical, so the transition doesn’t actually take that long. The EDGE team have done a stellar job at streamlining the interface to make EDGE 3 an even more powerful and efficient tool than it already was”.

Natalie also gave us some great advice to pass onto other Regional Leads who are yet to experience the EDGE 3 rollout:

“I would just say when you get access to the EDGE 3 User Acceptance Testing platform, make sure you test and explore every part of the system by practicing doing all tasks you normally do in EDGE. If you know that your staff use different features of EDGE or use the same features in different ways, get them involved to test the UAT as well! This will really help you identify any bugs ahead of time and get them resolved before everyone is unleashed on the live system!”

Lastly, we asked how EDGE 3 will drive things forward in New Zealand. Eibhlin shared:

“The arrival of EDGE 3 has reinvigorated our team to look at how we can continue to utilise EDGE in our day-to-day activities. The transformation of EDGE to a modern, slick design and user interface shows how the system is moving to keep up with pace of clinical research. One of our favourites of the new features and functions is the customisable dashboard on the homepage.”

The New Zealand launch is another great milestone reached for the EDGE team which we are thrilled about. Next in line for the update is the UK, which will be our biggest launch yet with thousands of sites across England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland gaining EDGE 3!