You can search for–and abstract or edit–any registered trial that has been submitted successfully to the Clinical Trials Reporting Program (CTRP). Search criteria are available to locate a particular trial to work on, or you can list all registered trials that are available for validation and abstraction. You also can limit your search to the trials you have checked out previously.
Super Abstractors can use the abstraction dashboard feature to search for trials as well. See Tracking and Managing Trial Records. |
How to Search for Trials
If the Trial Search page is not already displayed, on the Protocol Abstraction main menu on the left side of the page, click Trial Search. The Trial Search page appears.
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Type or select any of the search criteria listed in the following table as appropriate.
You can select multiple values for Principal Investigator, Trial Phase, Processing Status, Search by Submission Type, Search by Submission Method, Lead Organization, Primary Purpose, Current Trial Status, and Milestone. |
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Official Title | To narrow the search by this trial attribute, specify one or more words from the Use wildcards as appropriate. For information, refer to Abstracting Trial Descriptions, Titles, and Identifiers. | |
Identifier Type | To narrow the search by both identifier and type of trial identifier, specify both. For information, refer to the identifier type descriptions in Abstracting Trial Descriptions, Titles, and Identifiers. The Identifier Type field is optional, even when specifying an identifier. | |
Identifier | To narrow the search by this trial attribute, specify all or part of the numeric or alphanumeric identifier assigned to the trial. For Inter-Group trials, specify the Lead Group's trial number. Consider the following examples:
For information, refer to Abstracting Trial Descriptions, Titles, and Identifiers. | |
Principal Investigator | To narrow the search by this trial attribute, specify the
For information, refer to Abstracting Sponsors and Responsible Parties. | |
Trial Phase | To narrow the search by this trial attribute, specify the For information, refer to Trial Phase Value Definitions or Abstracting Interventional Trial Design. | |
Processing Status | To narrow the search by this trial attribute, specify the For processing status definitions, refer to Trial Processing Statuses. | |
Search by On-Hold Status | To narrow the search by this trial attribute, specify the hold status. Otherwise, select All. Valid values are as follows:
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Search by Submission Type | To narrow the search by this trial attribute, specify the Otherwise, select All. Valid values are as follows:
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Trial Type | To narrow the search by this trial attribute, specify the Otherwise, select All. For information, refer to Trial Types and Subtypes, Abstracting Interventional Trial Design, or Abstracting Non-Interventional Trial Design. | |
Trial Sub-type | To narrow the search by this trial attribute, specify the For information, refer to Trial Types and Subtypes or Abstracting Non-Interventional Trial Design. | |
Search by Submission Method | To narrow the search by this trial attribute, specify the means by which the trial was submitted to the CTRP. Valid values are as follows:
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Lead Organization | To narrow the search by this trial attribute, specify the
For information, refer to Abstracting Sponsors and Responsible Parties. | |
Primary Purpose | To narrow the search by this trial attribute, specify the For information, refer to Primary Purpose Value Definitions, Abstracting Interventional Trial Design, or Abstracting Non-Interventional Trial Design. | |
Current Trial Status | To narrow the search by this trial attribute, specify the For information, refer to Trial Status Values in the CTRP and ClinicalTrials.gov, Expanded Access Statuses, and Abstracting Trial Statuses. | |
Milestone | To narrow the search by this trial attribute, specify the For information, refer to Processing Trial Milestones or Milestone Definitions and Recording Rules. When appropriate, both Administrative and Scientific milestones and their dates are included for each trial in the search results list. | |
Trials I Have Checked Out | To narrow the search to trials that you have checked out to validate, abstract, or edit, select this check box. For information, refer to Checking In and Checking Out Trials. | |
Search By Trial Category | To narrow the search by this trial attribute, specify the For information about these categories, refer to CTRP Trial Categories, Study Sources. Otherwise, select All. | |
Search CTEP, DCP, or All Trials | To narrow the search 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. |
Click Search, or press the Enter key on your keyboard.
The results of your query are listed in the Search Results section.
The system displays an asterisk (*) in the Official Title column for trials that have alternate titles.
To view the alternate titles, click the asterisk.
Alternate titles are listed in the Trial Alternate Titles window.
To view details for a trial, click the NCI Trial Identifier link for the trial of interest, or click any link in the Action column.
The Trial Identification page displays trial identifiers and other details. It also displays one or more options to check out the trial for processing. For example, if you logged in to the application as a Super Abstractor, you can check the trial out for both administrative and scientific processing, as in the figure below. However, if you logged in as an Administrative Abstractor, your only option is to check in/out the trial for administrative processing.
To return to your most recent search results, click Back to Search Results on the Trial Identification page. |
A Trial Summary Report (TSR) is available once a trial has been accepted. |