The way in which you register trials in the CTRP depends on a combination of the trial's Data Table 4 Categorization as either Complete or Abbreviated, your affiliated organization and its role in the trial, and whether the trial currently is registered in ClinicalTrials.gov with an NCT ID.

For instructions, refer to the following pages:

Guidelines for Trials with NCT IDs

If the trial is an Industry funded trial, and has an NCT ID, then it can be imported into CTRP from ClinicalTrials.gov in most cases. In some special cases, however, the trial cannot be imported directly and instead you must contact the CTRO for assistance.

• If your organization is not an NCI-designated Cancer Center organization, NIH institute, or pharmaceutical company, you will need to import the trial directly from ClinicalTrials.gov. Instructions for this process can be found under Registering Abbreviated (Industrial and Other) Trials. 

• If your organization is the Lead Organization on a trial, and your organization is an NCI-designated Cancer Center organization, do not import the trial from ClinicalTrials.gov. Instead, submit the trial to CTRP as a Complete trial, as described in Registering New Complete Trials.
• If your organization is the Lead Organization for any trial on anything other than an NCI-designated Cancer Center organization, NIH institute, or pharmaceutical company trial, the CTRO contacts the Center and further categorizes the trial as Other/National or Other/Externally Peer-Reviewed based on whether your trial is conducted under an NIH grant, as follows:
  • If your trial is conducted under an NCI grant, the CTRO categorizes it as a Consortia trial.
  • If your trial is not conducted under an NCI grant, the CTRO categorizes it as follows:
    • Other/National, for trials sponsored by an NIH institute
    • Other/Externally Peer-Reviewed, for trials managed by a hospital or a center other than one designated by the NCI

Guideline for Trials without NCT IDs

If your trial is Abbreviated but does not have an NCT ID, please contact the CTRO for assistance at ncictro@mail.nih.gov. CTRO registers these trials manually.