Adding Interventions - Include v4.4

You can link interventions to a trial by searching for an intervention name from the current list of active records. 
The terminology list is refreshed weekly.

How to Add Interventions

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 Interventions. The Interventions page appears, with or without any intervention records displayed.

5. Click Add. The Add intervention page appears. 
   

6. From the Intervention Type drop-down list, select the means of intervention for the trial. Valid intervention types are as follows.
   
   • Drug
   • Device (including sham)
   • Biological/Vaccine
   • Procedure/Surgery
   • Radiation
   • Behavioral (for example, Psychotherapy, Lifestyle Counseling)
   • Genetic (including gene transfer, stem cell, and recombinant DNA)
   • Dietary Supplement (for example, vitamins, minerals)

   • Other
     

7. To search for the name of the intervention, click Look Up.
   The Search Intervention window appears. 
   
   

8. In the Intervention Name field, type part or all of the intervention name.

   Tip

   The system adds wildcards on both sides of the search string (the series of letters you type) for you implicitly. You can type wildcard symbols (% or *) between characters of the string as necessary.
   1. To include synonyms in your search in addition to preferred names, select the Include Synonym check box.
   2. To limit your search to exact matches only, select the Exact Match Only check box.
9. Click Search.
   The system searches for the intervention from both preferred names and synonyms (if selected) in the database, and returns a list of results. 
   
10.  Scroll through the list to locate the intervention, and click Select. 
    The selected intervention and any other names are displayed on the Add Intervention page. 
    

11. Optionally, in the Intervention Description field, enter the name/description of the intervention. 

12. Click Save.
    The record is added to the trial and displayed on the Interventions page.

    Although not displayed on the Interventions page, the system records the ClinicalTrials.gov code for the intervention.