• Please register on our database by clicking the link: CORE Research Short Form.  Filling out the short form should only take you 2-3 minutes.  Click submit and it is sent to us automatically.

• Complete the Biomedical CITI IRB training course (www.citiprogram.org) or the NIH course (http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/learning/page3) as required by your organization IRB of record – OU-COM or CORE Hospital.  Send us a copy of your certificate.  You will also be required to send a copy to the IRB with your petition form.

• Please call the CRO staff to discuss your hypothesis and objectives.

• Send us a draft of your protocol. This has 3 parts:  Introduction/Review of Literature, Methodology, and References.  We will review your protocol and provide you with comments, suggestions, and questions regarding your study.

• When we receive your protocol, our Writer/Editor will help you refine your Introduction/Review of Literature and review your references for style and accuracy.

• After finalizing the Review of Literature, the CRO Statistician will work on the Methodology (including sample size calculation, analysis, etc.).

• After the protocol is finished, we will cut and paste information onto the IRB petition form. (NOTE: At this point you are 3/5 done with your final paper.).

• IRB Committees meet on schedules that may be monthly, every other month, or quarterly.  Be sure that you know how often your IRB meets, and plan your efforts to meet the submission deadline prior to the meeting you are targeting.

After Collecting Data:

• Send the CRO Statistician your data file for statistical analysis.

• Incorporate the results and interpretation into your paper and write your discussion and conclusion.

• Send back your paper to CRO Statistician and Writer/Editor for review.

• If you need help with publication and poster, contact the Writer/Editor.