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.
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Assigned To | To limit the search results to trials that are currently assigned to any one abstractor, select the abstractor's name from the drop-down list. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Checked Out By | To limit the search results to trials that are currently checked out to any one abstractor, select the abstractor's name from the drop-down list. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Submitted Between |
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Submitted By | To limit the search results to trials submitted by a given organization, click Look Up and follow the instructions in Searching for Organizations . | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Processing Priority | To limit the search results to trials by with a given priority, select one of the following:
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Submission Type | Select one or more of the following submission types from the list:
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On-Hold Status | Select one or more of the following On-Hold statuses from the list:
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On-Hold Reason | Select one or more of the following On-Hold reason codes from the list: The following table defines the reason codes for the on-hold status:
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 | Select one or more processing statuses from the list. For processing status definitions, see Trial Processing Statuses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Disease/Condition | 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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Interventions | 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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
NCI Sponsored | Select an option to limit the search results to trials that are either sponsored by, or not sponsored by, the NCI. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
DCP/CTEP Trials | Select the sponsor organization from the drop-down list. 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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Milestones |
For individual milestone definitions, see Processing Trial Milestones. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Show Trials Ready for | Select one or more of the following processing statuses from the matrix:
For processing status definitions, see Trial Processing Statuses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Data Table 4 Anatomic Site | Select one or more 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.