NCI CTRP Accrual Help Topics

• Your contact information, including your telephone number
• The name of the application/tool you are using
• The relevant URL
• A description of the problem and steps to recreate it
• The text of any error messages you have received

For other CTRP topics, contact the Clinical Trials Reporting Office (CTRO) at ncictro@mail.nih.gov.

The CTRP Accrual web application provides authorized members of the cancer research community with access to cancer clinical trials registered with the CTRP for the purpose of reporting accrual data for clinical studies. It enables users to enter accrual based on the trial category: Complete (National, Externally Peer-Reviewed, or Institutional trials), or Abbreviated (Industrial or Other trials). For information on these types, refer to CTRP Trial Categories, Study Sources or https://cancercenters.cancer.gov/GrantsFunding/eData#dt4.

The CTRP Accrual web application allows users to enter the following types of accrual data:

• Patient level: Study subject demographic data for Externally Peer-Reviewed and Institutional trials. (Accruals for National trials are reported internally at NCI.)
• Summary level: Patient accrual counts for Abbreviated trials that have been abstracted (that is, trials that have been fully abstracted) as well as those that have been approved or withdrawn.

How to Search For Trials

1. On the toolbar, click Trial Search.
   The Trial Search page appears.
   

2. Enter the NCI Trial Identifier, ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier, for Official Title in the fields provided. 

3. Press ENTER or click Search Trials.

   You can search for a trial by one or more criteria, or you can list all trials to which you have been granted access by leaving all of the search criteria fields blank. If you search by the Official Title, use keywords and wildcards rather than phrases or the entire title. Doing so minimizes the potential for excluding any titles with misspellings or slightly different phrasing from the search results. For example, a Phase II trial may have been recorded as a Phase 2 trial.

   The Search Trials page refreshes and displays the trial(s) you searched for.

   

   Each trial is listed by NCI Trial Identifier, Official Title, Current Trial Status, Trial Type, and Accrual Disease Terminology. For information on trial statuses, refer to Trial Status Values in the CTRP and ClinicalTrials.gov. 

Once you have created your Accrual Batch Upload file, upload it via the CTRP Accrual web interface. Existing accrual data for the study will be updated and any new data you submit will be added.

How to Upload Accrual Batch Files

1. On the toolbar, click Batch Upload
   The Batch Upload page appears.
   
   

2. Click Browse and select the .txt or .zip file that contains your accrual data.

3. Click Submit.
   Your file is uploaded to the system and processed in the backgroundWhen processing has been completed, the system sends you an email message to inform you of the status of your file(s). It includes the information listed below. The system will also notify you if it is unable to process your Zip file. 

• NCI Identifier
• Number of subject accruals that the system imported
• Details of any errors that may have occurred during the import process

Once you have uploaded your batch file, the CTRP system continues to update the record status both by email and Accrual. To view the information you uploaded, see Downloading Accrual Batch Data Files and  Reviewing and Updating Prior Accrual Submissions.

How to Review and Modify Prior Complete Trial Accrual Submissions

1. On the toolbar, click Prior Submissions.
   All of your organization's prior accrual submission records to which you have been granted Accrual access are listed automatically.
   

   The system automatically lists all trials to which you have been granted access, per the rules described in About Accessing Trials with Prior Accruals. The system displays the following information for each trial:

   • Trial ID. Trial identification given to the trial when it was registered with the CTRP
   • Files/Subject. Links to the following accrual details:
     
     • Batch file (when applicable)
     • Trial subjects
     • Trial counts
   • Submission Method. Mechanism used to submit accrual data, i.e., via Accrual (web application), batch uploads, or the Accrual service
   • Submission Date/Time. Date the accrual record was either added or modified in CTRP
   • Submitted by. Name of the registered CTRP user who submitted the accrual information
   • Submission Accepted?. Indicates whether or not the submission was processed successfully (Yes), or there were errors in the submission (No). Immediately after submitting new or updated accrual data, the system sends you an email message that indicates whether the submission passed or failed. If the processing failed, the email message explains the nature of the errors.

2. Optionally, to limit the list of submissions to a date, or range of dates, in the From field, select or enter the first date of the range or the exact date of the submission you are searching for. In the To field, enter the last date of the range. Then click Search.

   You can sort and filter Submission Records

   To filter and sort the list of prior submissions, see Working with Accrual Tables and Search Results.

3. Optionally, to export the historical accrual submission records, scroll to the bottom of the list of records, click CSV to download the records as a comma-separated-value text file, or Excel to download the records as an Excel spreadsheet. Follow your browser/operating system instructions to view or save the document.

4. To view a subject's demographic and submission data, in the File/Subject column, select the Study Subject ID link.
   The View Study Subject page displays all the data recorded to date.
   

5. To update a subject's demographic data, click the Edit icon (pencil).

From the Prior Submissions page, you can download previously submitted accrual files (.txt or .zip) that were uploaded via the Batch Upload feature. For information about this feature, refer to Submitting Accrual Data Batch Files.

All trials to which you have been granted access, per the rules described in About Accessing Trials with Prior Accruals, are listed automatically when you open the Prior Submissions page.  You can limit the list of prior submissions that are displayed to a given date or range of dates.

How to Download Submitted Subject Accrual Files

1. On the toolbar, click Prior Submissions. All trials to which you have been granted Accrual access that have existing subject accrual records are listed automatically.
   
   
   

2. To limit the list of submissions to a date, or range of dates, in the From field, select or enter the first date of the range or the exact date of the submission you are searching for. In the To field, enter the last date of the range. Then click Search.

3. In the File/Subject column for the non-industrial trial of interest, click the link to the file.
   Follow your browser/operating system instructions to view or save the document.

How to Search for Diseases from the Toolbar

1. On the toolbar, click Disease Search.
   The Search Diseases window appears.
   
   

2. In the Disease Name field, type part or all of the disease/condition or site being studied, or, in the Disease Code field, enter part or all of the disease or site code.

   Search tips

   Enter as many letters of the disease/condition name as possible to reduce the number of search results. 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 (%) between characters of the string as necessary.

   
   

   The following table lists codes for disease not specified, healthy volunteer, and donors:

   Category	ICD-10	SDC	ICD9	ICD-0-3
   Disease not specified	Z1000	80000001	V100	7001/1
   Healthy volunteer	Z76.3	80000000	V99	7002/0
   Donors	Z52.9	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)
   Unknown Primary Site	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	C80.9

3. From the Disease Code System drop-down list, select one of the following:

   • ICD-9 (International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision)

   • ICD-10 (International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision)

   • ICD-O-3 (International Classification of Diseases for Oncology, 3rd Edition)

   • SDC (CTEP's Simplified Disease Classification)

4. Press Enter, or click Search.
   The system searches for the disease/condition or site in the database, and returns a list of results.

   

How to Search for and Select Diseases

1. Select the trial you want to work with by following instructions in Searching for and Selecting Your Trials, and clicking the corresponding NCI Trial Identifier link.
2. At the bottom of the Search Study Subject section, click Add New Study Subject.
   The Add Study Subject page appears.
   
3. To assign a disease to the study subject, next to the Disease field, click Look Up.
   The Search Diseases window appears.
   
   

4. In the Disease Name field, type part or all of the disease/condition or site being studied, or, in the Disease Code field, enter part or all of the disease or site code.

   Search tips

   Type as many letters of the disease/condition or site name as possible to reduce the number of search results. 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 (%) between characters of the string as necessary.

   
   

   The following table lists codes for disease not specified, healthy volunteer, and donors:

   Category	ICD-10	SDC	ICD9	ICD-0-3
   Disease not specified	Z1000	80000001	V100	7001/1
   Healthy volunteer	Z76.3	80000000	V99	7002/0
   Donors	Z52.9	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)
   Unknown Primary Site	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	C80.9

5. From the Disease Code System drop-down list, select one of the following:

   • ICD-9 (International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision)

   • ICD-10 (International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision)

   • ICD-O-3 (International Classification of Diseases for Oncology, 3rd Edition)

   • SDC (CTEP's Simplified Disease Classification)

   If the trial has at least one existing study subject record, the Disease Code System displays only the code system associated with the existing record(s). This ensures that all subjects in the study share the same terminology.

6. Press Enter, or click Search.
   The system searches for the disease/condition in the database, and returns a list of results. 

   
    
   
   

7. Navigate to the disease/condition being studied, and click Select. Refer to Working with Accrual Tables and Search Results. The system populates the Disease field for you.

How to Download Accrual Account Reports

1. On the toolbar, click Accrual Counts.
   The Accrual Count page displays trials to which you have access.
   

2. At the bottom of the list of trials, click CSV to download the report as a comma-separated-value text file, or Excel to download the report as an Excel spreadsheet.