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Welcome to the August 25 CTRP User Call!  The topics covered in the 08-25-2020 Presentation are as follows:

• Recent & Planned Updates

  • Recent Updates:
    • Flexible Accrual Reporting
    • Country Code Requirements
    • Zip Code Requirements
    • ICD-O-3 Disease Code Requirements
    • Display of Rejected/Submission Terminated Studies (in CTRP Registration Module)
  • Planned Updates:
    • Trial Record Verification Process (confirming, updating, identifying, emailing communication)
    • General Forms Updated User Interface for consistencyupdates

• Expanded Access Trials

• CTRP-Generated Data Table 4

  • Interventional Trials (Scope and Reporting Requirements)

    • PDF Format Change

  • Observational Studies (Scope and Reporting Requirements)

  • Ancillary-Correlative Studies

  • Data Correction Requests: Follow-up Process

  • CTRP Reporting Requirements by Centers
    • NIH/NCI Grant Funding Information
    • Reporting Sex vs. Gender with CTRP Accrual Reporting
• User Account Management
  • OKTA Migration > Centralized CTRP Login
  • CTRP User Account Process
• Center Q & A
• Next Steps
  • CTRP-Generated DT4 Reporting
    • Interventional trials:  Cancer Centers to continue supporting submitting CTRP-generated DT4 submissions for non-competing and competing applications  
    • Observational studies: 1). Cancer Centers to initiate (or continue) to register Observational Studies studies in CTRP open to accrual on or after
      January 1, 2018 and 2). participate in upcoming FY 21 reconciliation activities
  • Planned CTRP release details for Registration Trial Record Verification and user interface updates as well as the Okta migration for user accounts to be communicated via CTRP ListServ communications
  • Please continue to send any future CTRP User Call agenda topics to the CTRO NCICTRO@mail.nih.gov
• Next user call is to be determined 
• Please submit any future CTRP user call agenda topics to the CTRO (NCICTRO@mail.nih.gov).
• To join the CTRP Users Listserv (https://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/wa.exe?SUBED1=ctrp-users-l&A=1).  Please provide this link to any colleagues who would like to join the Listserv.

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Pre-asked questions

• How should the Lead Organization (LO) report accrual in each of the following?
  • Patient transfers INTO the lead org site from a participating site (the patient becomes a LO site patient treated by a LO site investigator)
    • The patient would not have enrolled to the study under LO site investigators
  • Patient transfers FROM the LO site to a participating site (the patient is no longer being treated by a LO site investigator at the LO site)
    • The patient would have enrolled to the study under a LO site investigator
• How do I register an a multi-site, non-NCI Designated Cancer Center or Industry led Observational study that doesn't have an NCT ID 
  (not registered in ClinicalTrials.gov and Lead Org doesn’t plan to register it in ClinicalTrials.gov)?
  
  • Please contact the CTRO NCICTRO@mail.nih.gov to request assistance with registering Observational studies without an NCT ID
• Is the inclusion of expanded access Expanded Access trials on the CTRP DT4 still optional? 
  • The reporting of an Expanded Access trial on a center-specific CTRP-generated DT4 is still at the discretion of the cancer center
  • If you have an Expanded Access trial registered in CTRP that you would like to exclude from your CTRP-generated Data Table 4 report, please send a message to the CTRO (NCICTRO@mail.nih.gov) to request exclusion
• With expanded access Expanded Access protocols being in DT4, will single patient expanded access (compassionate use protocols) also be included?
  • No, single patient compassionate use studies are out of scope for CTRP

Open Discussion Questions (answered during meeting)

• What is the location on the Wiki to download ICD-O-3 code lists when there are updates?
  • The ICD-O-3 code lists can be found at this link: https://wiki.nci.nih.gov/display/CTRPdoc/Accrual+Data+Elements+with+CTRP-Accepted+Values+for+Complete+Trials
  The number of observational studies without an NCT number is likely to be extremely high. Why are these being treated as one-offs?
  • The one-off situations referred to here are only for industrial trials (not an Investigator Initiated or National Trial) that would be traditionally imported from ClinicalTrials.gov.  For these instances where an NCT ID is not available, the CTRO currently has a mechanism to get the trial into CTRP, but this mechanism may be updated based on the scope of trials.

• How often, if ever, does CTRP run a comparison of Center center submitted CTRP data against CT.Gov? I ask as wedata reported to ClinicalTrials.gov? We've had a recent issue where we are not the lead organization Lead Organization for an IIT, but our internal data matches that of CTClinicalTrials.Govgov. It However, it does not , however, match CTRP and has created an inconsistency in our report.
  • We do not formally compare all data between CTRP and ClinicalTrials.gov.  For imported studies, we look at ClinicalTrials.gov to be the source of the trial level data.  For non-imported studies (IIT and/or National studies), we look to the data submitter to provide any trial level data and updates.  On an adhoc ad hoc basis, the CTRO may contact the lead organization Lead Organization if there is an obvious reporting issue.

• Can David also speak to how centers are How are centers to count a withdraw of accrual for a participant who withdrew consent prior to starting treatment? Should these count as an accrual reportable accruals be reported on the CTRP-generated DT4 report?

  • CurrentlyGenerally, National Sources counts a patient a participant is counted as an enrollment/accrual once they have signed the consentInformed Consent Form, even if the patient is withdrawn withdraws at a later time.  The CTRP team will discuss this topic with the Office of Cancer Centers to provide additional feedback.However, this determination may vary across clinical trial protocols and each protocol should be reviewed for determining participant enrollment. 

• Will David, will the Accrual API be affected by the switch to 2-part authentication?

  • The authentication will change but 2-factor authentication will not be required because , as the API user will have a token with their authentication.

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• No, this is not a recorded call.

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Additional Questions Asked During Meeting (answered during presentation)

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Meeting 

• CTRP Trial Registration and Scope
  • Can you please clarify the registration of expanded access studies, should they be registered in CTRP or centers still have the option not to register them?
    • CTRP still expects requests centers to submit expanded access register Expanded Access trials in CTRP ; but they should all be registered by importing the record into CTRP from ClinicalTrials.gov.  A center still has the option tol flag these trials to have them be removed from their DT4 report.  (slide 17)
  • What if an NCT ID is missing for expanded access?
    • For any trials required requested to be imported (including expanded accessExpanded Access) to CTRP without an NCT ID, please contact the CTRO (NCICTRO@mail.nih.gov).  CTRO can confirm if this the trial is in scope for CTRP and if so, will facilitate registration (slide 39)
    Are Single Patient Studies in scope for CTRP?
    • No, single patient compassionate use studies are out of scope for CTRP (slide 40)
  • So do we have to submit Should Ancillary/Correlative studies to be registered in CTRP?
    • CTRP supports registration of Ancillary/Correlative studies.  There is no current requirement to register these studies in CTRP. (Slide 26slide 27)
  • When should a cancer center that wants is planning to submit for an initial CCSG award begin registering its protocols in CTRP?
    • The center can start to register any NIH grant funding funded trials as soon as possible, but they should hold off an any additional trials until the grant is awarded.  The center should contact their Office of Cancer Centers (OCC) Program Director for specific questions.
    How can we access the list studies which has been not updated since last 6 months?
    • This can be found in Registration (slide 13)
  • If a study is imported from Clinicaltrials.gov - How , how soon can we see it displayed in out our CTRP-generated DT4. ? Also is there any additional information required to complete registration of study once imported from clinicaltrials.gov.?
    • Once the trial has been abstracted and site information has been updated, a trial would Imported, a site must add themselves as a Participating Site (PS) before the abstraction process begins.  After the trial is abstracted, it will be available on a CTRP-generated DT4 report if the status dates are in scope for the reporting period.  The abstraction process is completed by the CTRO within 10-business days after registration (both new trial and amendment registrations).
• Record Verification Process
  • How can we access the list of studies for our center which have not been verified in CTRP within the last 6 months?
    • This can be found in CTRP Registration (slides 12 & 13)
  • Who will the emails indicating which trials are due for Record Verification in CTRP For emails listing studies requiring verification, who will they be sent to?
    • The email notification notifications will be sent to the CTRP Point of Contact provided to the CTRO. To update this personnel, please contact the CTRO (NCICTRO@mail.nih.gov).Site Admins, Trial Owners and Trial Submitters. 
  • Will we be able to download the list of trials that need are due for record verification into a csv CSV or excel Excel report?
    • Yes, there will be a download option for the trials requiring record verification.
• Accrual Questions
  • Regarding study accrual entry and the flexibility, my understanding is that a request to enter summary accrual has to go to a committee at CTRPthe recent Flex Accrual release changes, a center must request (and get approval for) the ability to report Summary accrual on Complete Interventional trials. Why must we gain approval to provide summary report Summary accrual data for a non-treatment healthcare delivery research type of protocol.?
    • The current CTRP policy is to collect patient level Subject accrual on all Interventional trials (even non-treatment trials).  The exception to allow the partial level accrual would be on reporting of Partial Subject or Summary accrual requires a case-by-case basis in review of the protocol for Interventional trials before approval is granted.
  • Has there been any additional thought about 2 multi-step studies, trials that include a screening and treatment component?  These trials are becoming more frequent and the sponsors count both types of accrual steps.  How are Observational multi-step accruals to be counted?

    • For Interventional multi-step trials, the Interventional step (not the screening step) would be counted for accrual (with the exception of MATCH, Alchemist, and Lung Map trials).

    • For Observational multi-step trials, the Observation step (not the screening step) would be counted for accrual.

• Other Topics
  • The "Entire Study" column on the CTRP-generated DT4 report is the only way for an Investigator Initiated Trial Lead Org receive "credit" for all accrual reported on the trial (other than accrual within the Center's family).  How final is the decision to remove it for the CTRP-generated DT4 PDF?
    • This change was made in order to allow the CTRP-generated DT4 report to match the eRA commons Commons size requirements for Competing CTRP-generated DT4 submissions.  The center also has the option to download the Excel version and create a PDF version to include this column.
  • Would it be possible with the new planned updates to add the correction templates on the registration page?
    • No, the correction templates can be found hereCTRP follows NCI guidelines for the CTRP log-in pages.  The CTRP Data Correction templates will remain in the CTRP User Guide wiki:  https://wiki.nci.nih.gov/x/iQgXG. 
  • We need to be able to update open/close dates have Open and Closed dates on National trials within a more narrow timeframe of time frame than six months . the from either the Open or Closed dates. The NCI may think it's fine to have this type of discrepancy, but reviewers of our centers during competing review will review be reviewing our CTRP-generated DT4 for low accruing studies. If a study open Open or close Close date is 5 months inaccurate, this can negatively impact our review if the data is inaccurate by that duration of time..
    • The NCI is aware of these date differences and is working to align these more closely to the PS level dates for their center, moving forward. In the interim, for
    • For any trials that require a participating site PS status update, please contact the CTRO (NCICTRO@mail.nih.gov) for assistance.
  • If the lead org Lead Org requests to remove an observational trial from a CTRP-generated DT4, How how will the center participating site report it?
    • There are options for a trial to Trials can be removed from all DT4 reports (examplesites on a CTRP-generated DT4 report at the Lead Orgs request/approval (e.g., non-cancer trial) or to be removed only from only a certain participating sites (examplesite(s) (e.g., Expanded Access trial) at the sites request.  If there is a concern with a trial that required a flag or a flag removalwas removed from your CTRP-generated DT4 report, please contact the CTRO (NCICTRO@mail.nih.gov).

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