Instructions for submitting a protocol outline to the PRC
1. Fill in the electronic form
When you fill-in the form pay attention to these points.
- Don’t use text formatting
Data submitted on the web form cannot be formatted with tabulations, multiple spaces to align text, bold or italic fonts.
- Don’t use special characters
Text should not contain any non standard characters like Greek letters, mathematical symbols, etc
- Don’t comment numbers
Question with numbers need to be answered with numbers only.
E.g.: “Number of centers: not more than 100” will be refused. If you need to express some extra comment do in the “comments” box at the end of the outline.
- Don’t try to print your input
Printing this page will not give good results. Only a part of the text will be visible. A better output can be accessible at the end of the procedure.
2. Push the save button
- Be patient, wait for server confirmation
A protocol outline can sometime be a bit heavy to transfer on the web. Depending on your Internet connection and on the traffic at this time, this process can take 1 or 2 minutes. Don’t close your program until you get a confirmation from the server.
3. Review, print or update the outline
- Print
If you need to keep a printed output of the outline use the option “View/modify” on the main menu of the PRC web page. Then for “display mode” select “print outline”. Use the password you received to open this page and use the File / Print function of your browser.
- An outline identification number is not a protocol number
The number you have to use to identify the outline you want to print is not the number of your protocol, but the number you received when submitting the outline. The PRC will attribute an EORTC number to your protocol. This number as well as a copy of the outline as a PDF will be provided by e-mail to the study coordinator, the Group chairman and the statistician of the Group.
- Password not accepted
If you have a problem with the password you received, please contact the PRC office who will help you with that issue.