Any registered trial that has been submitted successfully to the Clinical Trials Reporting Program (CTRP) can be abstracted or edited. The Protocol Abstraction application includes a robust set of filters on the Trial Search page to return specific trials, or groups of trials.
Super Abstractors can use the abstraction dashboard feature to search for trials as well. See Tracking and Managing Trial Records.
How to Search for Trials
Navigate to the Trial Search page by selecting Search > Trials.
On the Trial Search page, the following filter options are available.
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Multiple values can be selected for the following fields:
Principal Investigator, Trial Phase, Processing Status, Search by Submission Type, Search by Submission Type, Lead Organization, Primary Purpose, Current Trial Status, and Milestone.Field
Instructions/Description
Official Title
To narrow the search by this trial attribute, specify one or more words from the official name of the protocol provided by the study principal investigator or sponsor (as it appears in the protocol document). Use wildcards as appropriate.
Avoid specifying the entire title in the search field
Use keywords rather than phrases or the entire title. Doing so minimizes the potential for excluding from the search results any titles with misspellings or slightly different phrasing.
For information, refer to Abstracting Trial Descriptions, Titles, and Identifiers.
Identifier Type
To narrow the search by both identifier and type of trial identifier, specify both. For information, refer to the identifier type descriptions in Abstracting Trial Descriptions, Titles, and Identifiers.
The Identifier Type field is optional, even when specifying an identifier.
Identifier
To narrow the search by this trial attribute, specify all or part of the numeric or alphanumeric identifier assigned to the trial. For Inter-Group trials, specify the Lead Group's trial number. Consider the following examples:
- NCI-2000-00015
- ECOG-1234
For information, refer to Abstracting Trial Descriptions, Titles, and Identifiers.
Principal Investigator
To narrow the search by this trial attribute, specify all or part of the Principal Investigator name. The system will suggest names as you type. Select the investigator name from the list of suggestions.
For information, refer to Abstracting Sponsors and Responsible Parties.
Trial Phase
To narrow the search by this trial attribute, specify the phase of investigation, as defined by the US FDA for trials involving investigational new drugs. For information, refer to Trial Phase Value Definitions or Abstracting Interventional Trial Design.
Processing Status
To narrow the search by this trial attribute, specify the current status of the trial in the CTRP trial processing work flow. For processing status definitions, refer to Trial Processing Statuses.
Search by On-Hold Status
To narrow the search by this trial attribute, specify the hold status. Otherwise, select All. Valid values are as follows:
- All. Search for trials without consideration of On Hold status.
- On Hold. Limits your search to trials that are currently on hold.
- Not On Hold. Limits your search to trials that are currently not on hold.
Search by Submission Type
To narrow the search by this trial attribute, specify the whether the trial is an original submission, an update, or an amendment. Otherwise, select All. Valid values are as follows:
- All. Search for original and amended submissions
- Original. Search for original submissions only (indicated by “O” in the results list)
- Update. Search for updated submissions only (indicated by “U” in the results list)
- Amendment. Search for amended submissions only (indicated by “A” in the results list)
Trial Type
To narrow the search by this trial attribute, specify the primary investigative techniques used in the protocol (interventional or non-interventional). The non-interventional category includes observational and ancillary/correlative studies. Otherwise, select All. For information, refer to Trial Types and Subtypes, Abstracting Interventional Trial Design, or Abstracting Non-Interventional Trial Design.
Trial Sub-type To narrow the search by this trial attribute, specify the trial subtype: observational or ancillary/correlative. A subtype is available only for non-interventional trials. For information, refer to Trial Types and Subtypes or Abstracting Non-Interventional Trial Design.
Search by Submission Method
To narrow the search by this trial attribute, specify the means by which the trial was submitted to the CTRP. Valid values are as follows: - Batch. Search for trials submitted via the NCI CTRP Registration Batch Upload site
- Registry. Search for trials submitted via Registration
- ClinicalTrials.gov. Search for trials imported from ClinicalTrials.gov
- PDQ. Search for trials submitted via the NCI Physician Data Query database
- Grid Service. Search for trials submitted via the NCI CTRP web services
- REST Service. Search for trials submitted via the NCI CTRP REST services
- Other. Search for trials submitted via any method other than those listed above
Trial Verification Due Between To narrow the search by this trial attribute, specify the starting and ending dates for the Trial Verification Due dates.
Note
The Trial Verification Due Date is set to 6 months after the previous Record Verification Date.
DT4 Exclusions To narrow the search by this trial attribute, specify the type of Data Table 4 (DT4) exclusion. Valid values are as follows:
- Trial. Search for trials designated as a Trial level exclusion (typically trials that are non-oncology based).
- Family. Search for trials designated as a Family level exclusion (typically Expanded Access trials where a Center determines the particular trial should not be included on their DT4 report.
- Both. Includes both Trial and Family level exclusions in the Search Results.
Lead Organization
To narrow the search by this trial attribute, specify the name of the organization responsible for the trial's research protocol, and responsible for the overall scientific and administrative coordination, study monitoring, and data management activities of the trial.
Tip
To narrow the list of organizations displayed, click the Lead Organization field and type the initial letter of the organization’s name. You can also use the Up and Down arrow keys on your keyboard to scroll through the list.For information, refer to Abstracting Sponsors and Responsible Parties.
Primary Purpose
To narrow the search by this trial attribute, specify the main reason for conducting the trial. For information, refer to Primary Purpose Value Definitions, Abstracting Interventional Trial Design, or Abstracting Non-Interventional Trial Design.
Current Trial Status
To narrow the search by this trial attribute, specify the current stage or state of a clinical trial or study relative to its ability to enroll participants/patients. For information, refer to Trial Status Values in the CTRP and ClinicalTrials.gov, Expanded Access Statuses, and Abstracting Trial Statuses.
Milestone
To narrow the search by this trial attribute, specify the last recorded milestone. Milestones indicate the progress of the trial along its processing life cycle. For information, refer to Processing Trial Milestones or Milestone Definitions and Recording Rules. When appropriate, both Administrative and Scientific milestones and their dates are included for each trial in the search results list.
Trials I Have Checked Out
To narrow the search to trials that you have checked out to validate, abstract, or edit, select this check box. For information, refer to Checking In and Checking Out Trials.
Search By Trial Category
To narrow the search by this trial attribute, specify the category of the trial, as determined by the submission of a full protocol (Complete) or a ClinicalTrials.gov import (Abbreviated). For information about these categories, refer to CTRP Trial Categories, Study Sources. Otherwise, select All.
Search CTEP, DCP, or All Trials
To narrow the search by this trial attribute, specify the sponsor organization. Otherwise, select All Trials. Valid values are as follows:
All Trials. Returns all trials, including CTEP and DCP trials
CTEP and DCP PIO. Returns either CTEP or DCP PIO trials
- CTEP PIO Trials Only. Returns CTEP PIO trials only
- DCP PIO Trials Only. Returns DCP PIO trials only
DCP is an abbreviation of Division of Cancer Prevention. CTEP is an abbreviation of Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program. PIO is an abbreviation of Protocol and Information Office. For information, refer to Abstracting Sponsors and Responsible Parties.
Submitting Org To narrow the search by this trial attribute, select the Look Up button to open the Select Organization search page with additional parameters available for searching for Organizations.
For information, refer to Searching for Organizations in PA
NCI Sponsored To narrow the search results by this trial attribute, specify whether National Cancer Institute (NCI) sponsored the trial. Otherwise, select All. For information, refer to Abstracting Sponsors and Responsible Parties.
After entering the desired filters, select Search. The matching trials are returned in the Search Results section.
Note
When using the DT4 Exclusions filter, 2 additional columns DT4 Families and DT4 Comments will be displayed in the Search Results.
Note
The Protocol Abstraction application displays an asterisk (*) in the Official Title column for trials that have alternate titles. Select the asterisk to view the alternate titles.
Note
The Protocol Abstraction application displays an asterisk (*) in the Official Title column for trials that have alternate titles. Select the asterisk to view the alternate titles.
To view the Trial Identification page for the trial of interest, either select the NCI Trial Identifier link or scroll horizontally and select any link in the Action column.
The Trial Identification page displays basic trial details along with the available options to check out the trial for processing/abstraction. For more information on how to Check In and Check Out trials refer to the following: Checking In and Checking Out Trials
Returning to the Search Results page
To return to your most recent search results, click Back to Search Results on the Trial Identification page.- To view a Trial Summary Report (TSR), click the View TSR link for the trial of interest, and open the file.
- To export the search result records, at the upper or lower right corner of the search results table, click one of the following:
- Click CSV to create a generic comma-separated value file.
- Click Excel to create a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.
