Guideline

Guidelines

Sponsor/CROs
Principal Investigators

Guidelines for Sponsor/CROs

Thank you for using PEARS! PEARS supports the following key features:

Single submission for multiple protocols
Automatic, real-time acknowledgment of receipt
Easy online tracking system
Export submission summary to Excel file
Paperless
No courier expenses
Shortening the turnaround time for safety report submission

Corporate Account and Corporate Sub-account

There are two types of user accounts at your choice:

Account Types	Features
Corporate Account	✓ Able to create and manage one or more corporate sub-accounts ✓ Able to inactivate corporate sub-accounts when the user no longer handles the study
Corporate Sub-account	✗ Unable to create sub-account

Access Right

Both Corporate Account and Corporate Sub-account can submit and/or view safety reports of their study. Please contact PEARS Administrator for activating the appropriate access rights to perform the desired task(s) for your study:

Permissions	Submit safety reports	View submission status
Submit	✓	✓
View	✗	✓
None	✗	✗

Create Account

Please click here to download the User Account Form and return it to PEARS at pears@hku.hk. We will inform you once we have created the account for you.

User Manual

Please click here to view the user manual for corporate users.

Guidelines for Principal Investigators

Thank you for using PEARS! PEARS supports the following key features:

On-line review/download safety reports and ethics submission documents
Electronic endorsement on ethics submission documents
Easy online tracking system
Paperless
Shortening the turnaround time for safety report submission

Create Account

Our PEARS Administrator will create a study record at PEARS when your study is approved by the Research Ethics Committee ("REC"). If you do not have a PEARS account, we will contact you right away.

Email Alert

PEARS is linked to your email account. When the ethics submission documents are ready for your review and endorsement, an auto-email alert will reach you.

Review and Endorse Submission Documents

Simply login to PEARS and you will know which documents are pending for your endorsement.

E-signature

Currently, PEARS only creates user account for Principal Investigator ("PI") of the study. Therefore, PI is the only person who could e-sign the ethics submission documents.

User Manual

Please click here to view the user manual for principal investigators.

For enquiries about PEARS, you may contact our PEARS Administrator via: email at pears@hku.hk or phone at (852) 3910 3043 / 3910 3046.