Help Topics and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)s 

Definitions and where to enter information
Administration
Contact Information and Competing Interests- Contact information and competing interests can only be entered after at least one investigator has been entered.
Individual Study Sites- Sites where participants were recruited as well as sites where data were monitored or analyzed.
Administrative and Oversight Committees- This includes Data Safety and Monitoring Boards and other study-specific advisory committees. This does NOT include any Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)
Design
Target sample size- The number of participants needed to achieve the desired power to detect the chosen effect size.
Target enrollment- The desired number of participants enrolled in the study.
Entrance
Female of child bearing potential- Any female of child bearing potential, including pregnant women.
Intervention
General description of intervention arm- A brief description of the intervention arm
Description of intervention arm- A more detailed description of the intervention arm
Enrollment
Participants screened but inelgible- Participants that did not meet the clinical inclusion rules or met the exclusion rules. Click on the Reasons link to specify how many participants fell into each inclusion or exclusion criterion.
Follow-up and Compliance
Follow-up- The number of participants who had the primary outcome assessed at the given timepoint. This number will be used as the denominator for results. If not given, the number assigned to the intervention group will be used as the denominator.
Compliance- The number of participants defined as compliant at the given time point. This will be used as the denominator for efficacy analysis.

Frequently Asked Questions
1.How do I create a new user account?
Please go to the new user page and complete the form.
2.How do I start a new trial?
Please go to the homepage and enter the title of the new trial in the second text box. You must have a username and password.
3.Can I enter more than three clauses for the inclusion and exclusion criteria?
This will be a feature in future releases of Bank-a-Trial.
4.Where do I enter reasons for outcomes not being assessed.
Currently Bank-a-Trial does not capture this information.
5.Can I enter efficacy or survival analysis data for subgroups?
Efficacy and survival analysis data has not been modelled for subgroups at this time.
6.Where do I enter compliance information for subgroups?
Compliance information for subgroups, including reasons for non compliance and compliance at each timepoint, are not captured in Bank-a-trial at this time.
7.Why can't I delete values on the results page?
This is a known issue with Bank-a-Trial and we are working to resolve it. If you would like an outcome deleted, please contact us.
8.I have started to enter a new trial, but I am dissatsified and would like to start anew.
Enter in a new trial and contact us to delete the old trial.

Last updated April 13, 2004.
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