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You can search for, and select, interventions from a stored list of active intervention terms extracted from NCIt and link them to a trial. NCIt is an online database developed and maintained by the National Cancer Institute Enterprise Vocabulary Services. You can find more detailed information about NCIt at http://ncit.nci.nih.gov/.
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Name | Standard name used to refer to each intervention. For drugs, this is the generic name. For investigational new drugs that do not yet have a generic name, this may be the chemical name, company code, or serial number. | |||||
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Description | For drug interventions, a summary of the drug’s chemical nature and (potential) mechanism of action, and/or details such as dosage form, dosage, frequency, and duration.
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Type | Mode of intervention, for example, drug or device. |
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Additionally, you can add, edit, reorder, and delete records.
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Adding Interventions
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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
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Search for the trial of interest. For instructions, refer to Searching for Trials in PA.
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In the search results, click the NCI Trial Identifier link for that trial. The Trial Identification page appears.
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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.)
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On the Scientific Data menu, click Interventions. The Interventions page appears, with or without any intervention records displayed.
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Click Add. The Add intervention page appears.
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Adding Interventions
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In the Intervention Name field, type part or all of the intervention name.
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Optionally, in the Intervention Description field, enter the name/description of the intervention.
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Although not displayed on the Interventions page, the system records the ClinicalTrials.gov code for the intervention. |
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Protocol Abstraction provides a structure for abstracting detailed descriptions of drug, radiation, and procedure/surgery interventions.
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Generating Drug, Radiation,
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Search for the trial of interest. For instructions, refer to Searching for Trials in PA.
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In the search results, click the NCI Trial Identifier link for that trial. The Trial Identification page appears.
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On the Scientific Data menu, click Interventions. The Interventions page appears, with or without any intervention records displayed.
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From the Intervention Type field, select Drug, Radiation, or Procedure/Surgery as appropriate.
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Do not type an intervention description at this point. The system automatically populates the Intervention Description from information you provide in the next steps. |
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Type your search criteria in the field(s) provided, and then click Search. If the information you are abstracting includes a range, for example, dose range, you can provide the lower limit without providing the upper limit. However, do not provide the upper limit of a range unless you also include a lower limit.
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The Search window displays the result(s) of your search.
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Surgery Descriptions
Editing Interventions
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You can edit trial descriptions. However, if you need to change the intervention type or name, you must delete the record and create a new one with the correct information. See Deleting Interventions.
How to Edit Intervention Records
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Search for the trial of interest. For instructions, refer to Searching for Trials in PA.
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In the search results, click the NCI Trial Identifier link for that trial. The Trial Identification page appears.
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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.)
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On the Scientific Data menu, click Interventions. The Interventions page appears.
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Editing Interventions
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You can change the order in which the interventions are displayed in the interventions table and in the TSR/XML documents.
How to Re-Order Intervention Criteria
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Search for the trial of interest. For instructions, refer to Searching for Trials in PA.
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In the search results, click the NCI Trial Identifier link for that trial. The Trial Identification page appears.
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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.)
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On the Scientific Data menu, click Interventions. The Interventions page appears, displaying all other interventions currently abstracted.
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Deleting Interventions
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When you delete interventions from a trial, you delete them from view, and can not recover them. If you delete a record accidentally, follow the instructions in Adding Interventions to add it back.
How to Delete Interventions
Search for the trial of interest. For instructions, refer to Searching for Trials in PA.
In the search results, click the NCI Trial Identifier link for that trial. The Trial Identification page appears.
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.)
On the Scientific Data menu, click Interventions. The Intervention page appears.
- In the Delete column, select the check box for each record you want to delete, then click Delete. To delete all records, click Select All, and then click Delete.
Deleting Interventions
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Managing Intervention Terms
You can import NCIt terms on demand if the term you require for abstraction does not exist in the CTRP database. Once imported, CTRP syncs the term with in the NCIt database automatically.
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How to Manage NCIt Intervention Terminology
Search for the trial of interest. For instructions, refer to Searching for Trials in PA.
In the search results, click the NCI Trial Identifier link for that trial. The Trial Identification page appears.
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.)
On the Scientific Data menu, click Interventions. The Interventions page appears.
- At the bottom of the Interventions page, click Manage NCIt Terms.
The Manage NCIt Terms menu contains options for managing intervention terms.
Follow the instructions in the following sections:
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Synchronizing Intervention Terms
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Requesting New Intervention Terms
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