The public TrialCost sign-in page makes an important project boundary visible: it does not expose calculations or research-centre data. Access uses a temporary password; after sign-in, individual workspaces and institutional information are separated by distinct accounts. The page is excluded from search indexing and public caching. In the NPNT portfolio, TrialCost is described as a platform for preliminary clinical-study cost calculation, from the structure of visits and procedures to a budget model for discussion. The confirmed stage is a protected first-version workspace and expert testing of the calculation logic. The practical purpose is to organise cost items into a traceable structure before financial negotiations and make initial assumptions visible to the study-start-up team. TrialCost does not approve a final budget and does not replace a contract, protocol requirements, financial agreement, or decisions by a sponsor and research centre. Calculation accuracy, reference-data completeness, time savings and applicability across protocols remain hypotheses until authorised specialists test them on real scenarios.
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TrialCost: a protected workspace for preparing a study budget
The public TrialCost sign-in page makes an important project boundary visible: it does not expose calculations or research-centre data. Access uses a temporary password; after sign-in, individual workspaces and institutional information are separated by distinct accounts. The page is excluded from search indexing and public caching. In the NPNT portfolio, TrialCost is described as a platform for preliminary clinical-study cost calculation, from the structure of visits and procedures to a budget model for discussion. The confirmed stage is a protected first-version workspace and expert testing of the calculation logic. The practical purpose is to organise cost items into a traceable structure before financial negotiations and make initial assumptions visible to the study-start-up team. TrialCost does not approve a final budget and does not replace a contract, protocol requirements, financial agreement, or decisions by a sponsor and research centre. Calculation accuracy, reference-data completeness, time savings and applicability across protocols remain hypotheses until authorised specialists test them on real scenarios.