CRF Round 4 Status

The NCI CRF Initiative Round 4 activity was convened in April of 2012.  Content identified from candidate CRFs and from the community was placed through iterative and large-scale community review for approval as NCI eCRF data collection standards.  Content in Round 4 was delivered from the following workgroups:

• Imaging – total of six modules
• Diagnosis/Pathology – total of two modules
• Study Interventions – total of two modules
• Vital Signs – total of one module
• Eligibility Criteria – total of three modules
• Off Treatment/Off Study – total of two modules
• Header/Footer/End of form – vetted and approved in Round 3 activity

Results from Round 4 work was reviewed and approved by Dr. Robert Gray in May of 2013.  At that point the prescribed changes to the 16 modules of content began.  This work required the help of multiple curators since the standard elements come from a number of registry contexts.  Changes and in some places new CDEs were needed.  Once all changes to CDEs were made, the CRF modules were reviewed and revised, then validated again before being released.  The final step is a load of the standard templates into the NCI Standard form cart in the caDSR.  Work is scheduled to be completed by July 15, 2013.  The community will be notified when the content is complete and ready for use.

Please find below the executive summary for Round 4 which summarizes the deliverables by module.

• Results of NCI CRF Round 4 Data Harmonization Executive Summary

CRF Round 4 Results

Round 4 Final Results Spreadsheet