The abstraction dashboard's Search Criteria page enables you to search for trials that meet the criteria you select.
When you select two or more search criteria, the search includes only those trials that contain both/all criteria. For example, if you select Processing Status = Accepted, and Priority = 1 - High, the results will include only those trials that have been Accepted AND are Priority 1.
How to Search for Trials Using the Search Criteria Page
Type or select any of the search criteria listed in the following table, and then click Search.
Selecting multiple options
You can select more than one option in many of the criteria lists. Your selections for Interventions, Disease/Condition, and Data Table 4 Anatomic Site are cumulative. For other fields, press and hold the <Shift> or <Ctrl> key to select multiple options.
Search Criteria | Description/Instructions |
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Assigned To | To narrow the search results to trials that are currently assigned to any one abstractor, specify the abstractor. Only users with the Super Abstractor role can assign a trial to another PA user. For information, refer to Assigning Trials to Abstractors. |
Checked Out By | To narrow the search results to trials that are currently checked out to any one abstractor, specify the abstractor. For information, refer to Checking In and Checking Out Trials. |
Submitted Between | To narrow the search by this trial attribute, specify a date or date range:
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Submitted By | To narrow the search results to trials submitted by a given organization, click Look Up and follow the instructions in Searching for Organizations. |
Processing Priority | To narrow the search results by this trial attribute, specify a priority. Otherwise, select All. Valid values are as follows:
For information, refer to Assigning Trial Priorities. |
Submission Type | To narrow the search results by this trial attribute, specify one or more submission types. Otherwise, select All. Valid values are as follows:
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On-Hold Status | To narrow the search by this trial attribute, specify the hold status. Otherwise, select All. Valid values are as follows:
For information, refer to Putting Trial Processing On Hold. |
On-Hold Reason | To narrow the search by this trial attribute, specify one or more reason codes. For information, refer to Putting Trial Processing On Hold and On Hold Reason Codes. If you select a reason code, but not an On-Hold Status option, the system automatically searches for trials with the On Hold (at any time) status. |
Processing Status | To narrow the search results by this trial attribute, specify one or more processing statuses. For processing status definitions, refer to Trial Processing Statuses. |
Disease/Condition | To narrow the search results by this trial attribute, start typing the name of a disease or condition. All of the matching diseases/conditions in the system appear, with the matching text in bold. Select one or more diseases/conditions. To view a disease/condition's position in the disease tree, click the tree icon () next to it. You can navigate the disease tree and double-click a term to include it in your search criteria selection. For information, refer to Abstracting Diseases and Conditions. |
Interventions | To narrow the search results by this trial attribute, start typing the name of an intervention. All of the matching interventions in the system appear, with the matching text in bold. The interventions in the list appear in the following format:
Select one or more interventions. For information, refer to Abstracting Interventions. |
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. |
DCP/CTEP Trials | To narrow the search results by this trial attribute, specify the sponsor organization. Otherwise, select All Trials. Valid values are as follows:
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. |
Milestones | To narrow the search results by this trial attribute, specify a milestone:
For information, refer to Processing Trial Milestones or Milestone Definitions and Recording Rules. |
Show Trials Ready for | To narrow the search results by this trial attribute, specify one or more of the following processing statuses:
For processing status definitions, refer to Trial Processing Statuses. |
Data Table 4 Anatomic Site | To narrow the search results by this trial attribute, specify one or more anatomic sites. For information, refer to Data Table 4 Anatomic Site Values or Abstracting Data Table 4 Anatomic Sites. |
The system will not return any results if you select certain combinations of search criteria. For example, selecting a name from the Checked Out By list cancels out the Not Checked Out option when selected together. If you select no other criteria for the same search, the system will not return results.