Great, you want to start doing research! This is the first step to transfer your Luscii program into a Luscii special. It is important to note that primary responsibility for the execution of the study lies with the hospital itself. However, we at Luscii love to help out with all the practical necessities to get you started and we've subdivided them into three different phases: (1) Start, (2) Design and (3) Data Collection. Feel free to copy any data here for your own use.

Phase 1: Start

Requirements to start

There are 3 requirements needed to start a scientific study

• A Principal Investigator (PI, usually a physician) who leads the conduct of the clinical trial at their study site. The PI helps create the foundation of a successful clinical trial. Among others, tasks of a PI include the application of the study protocol to a dedicated Ethics Committee
• Access to a (PhD) student who is willing to execute and coordinate the study.
• Approval (or exemption) from the local Ethics Committee to start the study.

What does Luscii offer?

• Assist in IRB approval (which includes the study design): based on the template of the hospital we will complement the document based on our experience, goal of the study and goal of Luscii research.
• Provide Luscii data through our Analytics page in the dashboard
• Contribute in writing the manuscript

<aside> 💡 N.B. Luscii is a monitoring tool and not a research tool, therefore additional (research) questionnaires cannot be added in Luscii. Moreover, adding these questionnaires leads to bias, therefore it is recommended that the hospital itself sends out these questionnaires.

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Phase 2 - Design

Below you can find information that might help you design your study or fill out the IRB approval.