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You can add one or more arms to a trial according to the trial’s design details.

How to Add Arms

1. Search for the trial of interest. For instructions, refer to Searching for Trials in PA.

2. In the search results, click the NCI Trial Identifier link for that trial. The Trial Identification page appears.

3. 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.)

4. On the Scientific Data menu, click Arms. The Arms page appears, with or without any arm records displayed.

5. Click Add. The Add Arm page appears. The interventions that have been abstracted previously are displayed on the right side of the page. 
   

6. In the drop-down lists and text fields, select or enter the appropriate information. The following table describes the fields. An asterisk (*) indicates a required field.

   Trial Description	Instruction
   Label*	Type the descriptive name of the arm.
   Type*	Select the appropriate arm function. Valid values are as follows:  Include Page Arm Types - Include v4.4 Arm Types - Include v4.4
   Arm Description	Type a brief description of the arm. Info You must provide an arm description or existing intervention description when abstracting multi-arm trials. Anchor 5854 5854
   Assignment	For arm types other than No Intervention, select the check box in the column for the intervention assigned to the current arm.

   
   

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7. Repeat the steps above until all arms have been assigned an intervention and all interventions have been assigned to at least one arm.
8. Click Save.

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You can edit arm records as necessary.

How to Edit Arm Records

1. Search for the trial of interest. For instructions, refer to Searching for Trials in PA.

2. In the search results, click the NCI Trial Identifier link for that trial. The Trial Identification page appears.

3. 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.)

4. On the Scientific Data menu, click Arms. The Arms page appears.

5. In the Edit column for a given record, click the Edit icon.
   The Edit Arm page appears.

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6. If there is more than one arm listed, select the Assignment check box for the one you want to edit. Modify the arm details according to instructions in Adding Arms .

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7. Click Save.

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When you delete arms from a trial, you delete them from the system, and can not recover them.

How to Delete Arms

1. Search for the trial of interest. For instructions, refer to Searching for Trials in PA.

2. In the search results, click the NCI Trial Identifier link for that trial. The Trial Identification page appears.

3. 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.)

4. On the Scientific Data menu, click Arms. The Arms page appears.

5. In the Delete column for the appropriate record, click the Delete icon.

   Warning
   There is no way to recover a deleted record. If you delete a record accidentally, follow the instructions in Adding Arms to add it back.