Table 1 New handling process for COVID-19 trial protocols
From: COVID-19 randomised trial protocols: rapid publication without barriers
What authors do | What we do |
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Visit https://trialsjournal.biomedcentral.com/covid-19 [3]. Download the structured summary and follow the links to contact us stating your interest in submitting a COVID-19 structured summary and protocol. The trial must already have ethical approval. Please also state if you anticipate difficulty in covering the article-processing charge. | We send instructions and feedback for rapid submission. Every effort will be made to respond within 24 h. |
Submit structured summary to Editorial Manager (https://www.editorialmanager.com/trls/) using the Letter article type, with the full protocol uploaded as an additional file (English language preferred, but we will accept any language), following advice from Trials. | Review and approval from the Protocol Editor. Typesetting by production, and publication without copyediting or proofing. |