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Create an eConsent form

Open Forms > New Form > Consent. Upload your ethics-approved PDF, start from a template, generate a draft with AI, or build it from scratch. Edit the sections, set the signatures, then approve it so participants can sign.

ForStudy owners & adminsUpdated

Where to find it

Forms > New Form > Consent

Before you start

  • You can edit consent forms: Study Owner, Study Manager or Administrator.

Choose how to create it

OptionHow it works
Upload Approved PDFFill Form Title, choose the PDF (up to 25 MB) and click Create Consent Form. Participants read the PDF and sign; the site countersigns.
From TemplateChoose a template, such as basic clinical trial, observational study, pediatric assent, biobank, pre-screening, HIPAA authorization or re-consent, and review it.
Generate with AIChoose the study type, describe the study, click Generate Consent Form and review every section.
From ScratchStart with six standard sections: purpose, procedures, risks, benefits, confidentiality and right to withdraw.

Finish with Create Consent Form. The new form is a draft in your study.

Edit the sections

  1. Open the consent form and click Edit.

  2. Fill Form Title and, if different, the title shown to participants.

  3. Optionally click Import from Word (.docx) to replace the sections with your document, keeping bold text, bullets and tables.

  4. Edit each section's heading and content. Use Bold, Highlight in yellow or Small print, and the arrows to reorder.

  5. Click Update Consent Form.

Then set the signatures and options, preview it and approve it: the Study Owner clicks Approve and signs, as for other forms. Until approval, participants see "Consent form not available yet".

Questions

Can I use the consent form my ethics committee already approved?

Yes. Choose Upload Approved PDF so participants sign exactly the approved document. See also how to digitize consent forms.

Where can I see consent templates before signing up?

Browse the public eConsent templates and read about eConsent in Capture.

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