1. A Tutorial: Simple Steps for Trial Registration

3.  and complete all the fields to register yourself as a site user

4.  You will receive an email asking you to activate your account by clicking on the link

5. ▶ Once you have received confirmation through the link (pictured to your right), your registration as a user is confirmed and you can begin to register your trial ▶ Return to www.pactr.org and click the login button along the top tool barwww.pactr.org ▶ Complete the login form with your newly created User ID and password

6. ▶Once you have logged in, you will need to click on the “register trial” button along the top toolbar ▶ You will be asked to enter details about the trial, and should have information on the following topics available. 1. Basic Trial info; 2. Study Design; 3. Intervention; 4. Eligibility Criteria; 5. Outcomes; 6. Recruitment Centres; 7. Ethics Approval; 8. Funding Sources; 9. Sponsors; 10. Collaborators; 11. Contacts

7. ▶ If any information is not immediately available, the “previous” and “next” buttons will help you move between pages ▶The status tracker is a useful tool located in my trials. ▶You can find the status tracker in the “my trials” button on the top toolbar

8.  Trial registration begins with trial identification You will be asked to complete the following information: ‣ Public Title ‣ Official Title ‣ Brief Summary ‣ Acronym ‣ Disease studied ‣ Purpose of trial ‣ Start Date ‣ Completion Date ‣ Target Sample Size ‣ Recruitment status ‣ Secondary ID ‣ Secondary ID issuing authority

9.  You will be asked to fill in details of the design of the trial You will be asked to complete the following information: ‣ Intervention assignment ‣ Allocation to intervention ‣ Generation of allocation ‣ Concealment of allocation ‣ Masking used ‣ Blinding used

10. ▶ You will be asked to fill in details of the intervention You will be asked to complete the following information for each arm of the trial: ‣ Intervention type ‣ Intervention name ‣ Dose ‣ Duration ‣ Intervention description ‣ Group size ‣ Nature of control

11.  Explains what makes a participant eligible for the study You will be asked to complete the following information : ‣ Inclusion Criteria ‣ Exclusion Criteria ‣ Minimum age (day/mo/yr) ‣ Maximum age (day/mo/yr) ‣ Gender

12. ▶Explains what results the study is hoping to generate You will be asked to complete the following information: ‣ Type of outcome (primary or secondary) ‣ Outcome ‣ Timepoints to measure outcome ‣ NB: To add more than one outcome, hit “add outcome” button and complete information for each intended outcome

13.  Information on the places where respondents will be recruited You will be asked to complete the following information: ‣ Name of Centre ‣ Street Address ‣ City ‣ Postal Code ‣ Country ‣ NB: To add more than one centre, hit “add recruitment centre” button and complete information for each intended centre

14.  Complete information on applications for ethics approval You will be asked to complete the following information: ‣ Approval received ‣ Date application submitted ‣ Date approval confirmed ‣ Name of ethics committee ‣ Address of committee ‣ Phone Number ‣ City ‣ Postal Code ‣ Country

15.  Disclose all funding sources and their contact details For each funding source, you will be asked to complete the following information: ‣ Name of source ‣ Street address ‣ City ‣ Postal Code ‣ Country ‣ NB: To add more than one source, hit “add funding source” button and complete information for each source

16.  Complete the details of all trial sponsors For each sponsor, you will be asked to complete the following information: ‣ Level of sponsorship ‣ Name of sponsor ‣ Street address ‣ City ‣ Postal Code ‣ Country ‣ Nature of Sponsor ‣ NB: To add more than one sponsor, hit “add sponsor” button and complete information for each sponsor

17.  Provide names and contact details of all collaborators For each collaborator, you will be asked to complete the following information: ‣ Name ‣ Street address ‣ City ‣ Postal Code ‣ Country ‣ NB: To add more than one collaborator, hit “add collaborator” button and complete information for each collaborator

18.  Each trial must provide information on three 3 contact people – the principle investigator, public enquiries, and scientific enquiries For each contact person, you will be asked to complete the following information: ‣ Role ‣ Name (first and last) ‣ Title ‣ Email ‣ Phone ‣ Fax ‣ Street address ‣ City ‣ Postal Code ‣ Country ‣ Position/affiliation

19.  Once you have completed all forms, and all mandatory data fields are complete, you will need to submit your trial’s information for review.  On the final form, the “contacts” page, you have the option of moving to a previous page or hitting the “submit” button.  Please ensure that you have completed all information before submitting to expedite the review process and ensure a quick response from the PACTR staff.

20.  The PACTR site offers users some additional options aside from its registration service ◦ Search options ◦ Feedback/contact forms ◦ Member profile ◦ Useful Links ◦ FAQs

21.  PACTR’s database can easily be searched ‣ At the moment, the database can be searched by disease type or keyword ‣ Once you have hit the “search” button, the items returned will appear with easy links to the trial ‣ NB: Search options are expanding – look out for advanced search options

22.  PACTR’s goal is to be user friendly. We provide feedback and contact forms so that our users can share their thoughts with us. We welcome comments.

23.  This function allows you to maintain up-to-date contact information for the primary point person on the trial.

24.  The PACTR homepage provides useful links that will help a registrant complete the process and access relevant associated sites

25.  Our frequently asked questions page has been compiled throughout the process of creating this database. ▶ The FAQs page is meant as a quick and easy reference point for the site. ▶ If there are questions that you feel should be included, please let us know

26. But, if you have any problems, please do not hesitate to contact PACTR staff:  Site: www.pactr.orgwww.pactr.org  Email: pactradmin@mrc.ac.zapactradmin@mrc.ac.za  Telephone: +27 (0)21 938 0506  Postal Mail: PACTR c/o SACC at MRC PO Box 19070 Tygerberg 7505 Cape Town, South Africa