You can edit trial descriptions. However, if you need to change the intervention type or name, you must delete the record and create a new one with the correct information. See Deleting Interventions.
How to Edit Intervention Records
Search for the trial of interest. For instructions, refer to Searching for Trials in PA.
In the search results, click the NCI Trial Identifier link for that trial. The Trial Identification page appears.
On the Trial Identification page, check out the trial. For instructions, refer to Checking In and Checking Out Trials. (This checkout step is optional for Super Abstractors.)
On the Scientific Data menu, click Interventions. The Interventions page appears.
- In the Edit column for a given record, click the Edit (pencil) icon.
The Edit Intervention page appears.
- Edit or enter the intervention description, and then click Save.
If you edit a drug, radiology, or procedure intervention, the Edit Intervention page displays the original form for the record.
- To edit the intervention description and/or details of drugs, radiation, and procedures/surgeries, follow the instructions in Adding Interventions.
- Click Save.
