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Edit a Study

please note the following before editing a study:
Allowable Information

The UMClinicalStudies website is designed to post basic information for IRB-approved research studies. Although you can write your posting at any time, postings can only become active (visible to others) after your study has received IRB approval. OHRP and FDA guidelines state that, unlike advertisements, these basic postings do not require IRB review separate from initial or ongoing IRB approval. This guidance helps allow UMClinicalStudies to be a useful, fast, and streamlined resource. However, in order to be considered a 'basic posting', the posting MUST NOT contain certain types of information.

Your posting MUST NOT promise benefits from participating. Your posting MUST NOT discuss the risks of participating. Benefit and risk are complex issues that need to be discussed during an informed consent procedure. The study posting should only provide basic information so that interested persons can contact the study team for further information. If you discuss risks or benefits, or use language that may suggest a risk or benefit (like 'treatment' or 'cure'), the system will give you a warning. You may be contacted and asked to change your posting or your posting may be deactivated.

Posting Accuracy

Any study posting that is visible to the public (active) must accurately display current study information. The UMClinicalStudies study posting must also be synchronized with any other active internet posting pertaining to the same study. For example, a study has a brief description posted on its department's home page. This same study's UMClinicalStudies posting should reflect that same description. Changes made in either place should be synchronized so that the two descriptions are always the same. In addition, internet study postings should be kept current.

UMClinicalStudies.org Edit Study Posting Instructions:
  1. Select "My Studies" under Researchers.
  2. Select the study that you wish to edit.
  3. 3. If the study was added through eResearch, click on the "Edit Posting in eResearch" link. (If the study was added through UMClinicalStudies.org, click here for instructions.)*
  4. A new window should open that shows you the eResearch workspace for the study that you are trying to edit.
  5. Click Edit Website Posting - which is a link available on the left hand side of the posting, visible after you have begun the IRB application. See image:
  6. Enter the information in the fields and complete the form.
    Note:
    • Posting Activation Date indicates when the study should be posted to the website. This field is required in order for your study to be be posted.
    • Posting End Date indicates when the study should be removed from the website.
    • Please note that studies will automatically become visible on the UMClinicalStudies.org website after it has received IRB approval.
  7. Click OK
    You are done editing the UMClinicalStudies website posting.
    Note:
    It can take upto 24 hours before the changes to the posting show up on UMClinicalStudies. The following conditions must be satisfied before the posting will be visible to the public on UMClinicalStudies.org:
    • The study has IRB approval.
    • The current date is between the study approval and expiration date.
    • The study checked that they would be using UMClinicalStudies for recruiting purposes in IRB eResearch application Question # 8-2.6 or 5-3.10 (for Exempt applications only).
    • The current date is between the UMClinicalStudies 'Posting activation date' and 'Posting end date'.
    * Please note that based on strong feedback from the research community, UMClinicalStudies posting criteria was integrated with eResearch. Therefore, any study that was added after November 2010 will be entered through the IRB application within eResearch. This integration will streamline the process by allowing research teams to enter their posting data in their IRB application, which will then populate the UMClinicalStudies.org posting.
See also:
Add a Study
Delete a Study
Manage your Account Information
Manage your Account Information
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