Study amendmentsUpdated September 26, 2026

Amend your protocol yourself. No change order, no queue

When a protocol changes, most EDC vendors put you in a change-order queue that costs weeks and fees. In Capture.Study, your own team edits visits, forms and logic directly, with every change recorded.

  • Edit visits and forms yourself
  • Field-level audit trail on every change
  • No vendor change-order fees

Free sandbox · No credit card · 21 CFR Part 11 aligned

Stage 1

Draft

Build and edit freely

Stage 2

Approved

Locked for live use

Stage 3

In the casebook

Only approved forms

Audit trail
  • SDV requirement changed on Systolic BP

    Data manager · Reason: critical safety value

  • Form approved: Vital Signs (VS) v2

    Study owner · Locked for live use

  • Answer changed: Weight 68.0 to 68.5 kg

    Site coordinator · Reason: transcription error

0

vendor change-order tickets to amend a form

Self-serve

edits to visits, forms and logic

Field-level

audit trail on every amendment

Free

sandbox to test an amendment first

The pain

Protocol amendments should not cost weeks and a change-order fee

Protocols change: a new safety signal, a refined inclusion criterion, an added assessment. With a vendor-managed EDC, even a small form change often means a change order, a queue, and a wait measured in weeks, billed by the hour.

  • A one-field addition can trigger the same change-control process as a full redesign.
  • Vendor queues do not move faster because your enrollment is paused.
  • Every amendment adds cost on top of your original build fee.
Vital signs · Systolic blood pressure

Edit checks / auto-queries

2
Auto-query

Type

Range High

Operator

Greater than

Value

180

Priority: High

Auto-query

Type

Range Low

Operator

Less than

Value

80

Priority: Normal

Query raised automatically

Value 192 violates limit (180). Please verify.

The fix

Your study team edits the study. No ticket required

Capture.Study puts the visit schedule, forms and logic in a visual builder your own team uses directly. Add a field, adjust a visit window, or update an edit check the moment the amendment is approved internally, not weeks later.

  • Add, edit or remove questions, visits and edit checks yourself.
  • AI can draft the updated fields from a description or a revised source document.
  • Approved forms lock for live use; amendments follow the same draft-to-approved control, just without the vendor queue.
See the CRF builder in depth

Stage 1

Draft

Build and edit freely

Stage 2

Approved

Locked for live use

Stage 3

In the casebook

Only approved forms

Audit trail
  • SDV requirement changed on Systolic BP

    Data manager · Reason: critical safety value

  • Form approved: Vital Signs (VS) v2

    Study owner · Locked for live use

  • Answer changed: Weight 68.0 to 68.5 kg

    Site coordinator · Reason: transcription error

Still controlled

Self-serve does not mean uncontrolled

Amending a live study still needs a record. Here is what Capture.Study keeps in place.

A record of who changed what and when

Field-level audit trail on every form, visit and logic change, with a reason for the change.

Approved forms locked for live use

Draft and approved states mean an amendment is a deliberate step, not a silent edit.

Existing data preserved

Adding or changing fields does not overwrite data already collected.

Your own change-control process

You still follow your SOPs for approving an amendment internally; Capture.Study removes the vendor bottleneck after that approval, not your own governance.

Test an amendment on a free sandbox study

Add a field or adjust a visit window yourself and see exactly what the audit trail records.

Try amending a study free

The difference

A vendor-managed amendment vs a self-serve one

Who makes the edit
Vendor build team, via a ticket
Your own study team, directly
Typical turnaround
Days to weeks
Minutes to hours
Cost
Per-change-order fee
Included in your plan
Record of the change
Vendor change-control documentation
Field-level audit trail, automatically

FAQ

Questions teams ask before they switch

Something not covered here? Ask us directly.

Can I really amend a live study myself?

Yes. Your study team edits visits, forms and logic directly in the visual builder. Approved forms are locked for live use, so an amendment is a deliberate, recorded step rather than a silent edit.

Is an amendment still tracked if I make it myself?

Yes. Every change to a form, visit or logic rule is recorded in the field-level audit trail with who made it, when, and the stated reason.

Does this replace our internal change-control process?

No. You still follow your own SOPs for approving an amendment internally. Capture.Study removes the vendor queue and fee after that approval, not your governance process.

What happens to data already collected when I amend a form?

Existing data is not overwritten. Adding or changing fields extends the form going forward; historical entries remain as they were recorded.

Can AI help draft the amended fields?

Yes. Describe the change or upload a revised source document, and the AI proposes the updated questions or lab table for you to review before it is applied.

Can I practice an amendment before doing it on a live study?

Yes. Build a free sandbox study, make the change there first, and see exactly what gets recorded in the audit trail.

Amend a study yourself, today

Free sandbox with every feature. No credit card, no change-order fee, no sales call.