Setting up study details

The Study Details window contains basic information about the study. The details can be amended at any time.

To edit the study details, you need the 'Edit study details' permission. This feature has a database-wide scope.

There are two ways of accessing the Study Details window:

Select View > Study Details or click the Study shortcut button located on the toolbar beneath the menus.
The window will open automatically when you create a new study.

Study Name	This is the code that you assigned to the study at its creation. This cannot be changed.
Description	Enter a description of the study. You may type up to 255 characters.
Keywords	If you wish, enter one or more significant words that may be used to locate the study in a listing. Multiple words must be separated by commas.
Phase	If you wish, select the relevant study phase from the drop down list. There are 4 distinct study phases, each corresponding to a different stage in the process of bringing a new drug to the market. This list is maintained in the Library Management module.
Study Type	If you wish, select a study type from the drop down list. Using study types enables you to distinguish real studies from tests and demos. This list is maintained in the Library Management module. After selecting a study type, you should check the Required Questions tab to see if there are any questions that must be included in your study.
CTC Scheme	If you are using laboratory test questions in your study, select the CTC scheme that you wish to use for the validation of their results. This list is maintained in the Library Management module.
Current Status	This indicates the stage in the study lifecycle that this study has reached. This is a read-only field and is taken from the study status that is maintained in the System Administration module. The default status is 'In preparation'. Only studies with this status can be deleted.
Culture	The culture reflects the language in which you will be designing your study.
Default Font	If you require a language-specific font, click Change Default Font Details and select the font you require. This sets the default font to be used across all eForms. This default font can also be changed when editing eForms.
Standard Date	If you wish, enter a date format to be used in places in the study where another date format has not been specified, for example in the Data Browser, when the user wishes to use a time stamp for a data search.
Standard Time	If you wish, enter a time format to be used in the study whenever another format has not been specified.
Expected Recruitment	If you wish, enter the number of subjects that you expect to recruit onto the study.
Current Version	Not used in the current version.
Each question can be used once only	If you wish, select this box to ensure that each question is only used once throughout the study. When this box is selected, the same question cannot be used on more than one eForm.