You can retrieve existing trial records once you have registered for an account. For instructions, refer to Creating a CTRP Account.
After you have selected your search criteria, you can further limit or expand your search for trials as follows:
The search feature you choose determines which categories of trials will be returned, and the actions you can perform with those results, as shown in the table below. For rules that determine which trial details are displayed, refer to Clinical Trial Search Results.
Search Option | Search All Trials | Search My Trials | Search Saved Drafts | |
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Types of Trials Returned | All trials |
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All registered users can search trials with the "Accepted" and subsequent processing status. Additionally, you can search for trials that you own that have not been validated. These trials are indicated by the "Submitted" status. See Trial Processing Statuses for information about statuses that occur during the course of the trial processing workflow. |
How to Search for Existing Trials
Select or enter the appropriate information in the drop-down lists and text fields. (You do not have to select or enter any search criteria if you use the Search My Trials feature. When searching All Trials, you must select or enter at least one search criterion.) The following table describes the fields.
If you are searching for a saved draft, you can search by the following criteria only:
Because the system adds wildcards for you, do not enter wildcard symbols in the search fields. |
Trial Search Criteria
To search by this... | Do this... | ||
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Title | Specify one or more words from the | ||
Phase | Specify the For valid values, refer to Trial Phase Value Definitions. | ||
Pilot Trial? | To narrow the search by this trial attribute, specify
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Purpose | Specify the For valid values, refer to Primary Purpose Value Definitions. | ||
Identifier Type | Select the type of trial identifier from the drop-down list. Valid values are as follows:
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Identifier | Enter the unique identifier assigned to the trial by the NCI, ClinicalTrials.gov, PRS, or the identifier assigned to it by the lead organization. For Inter-Group trials, enter the Lead Group's trial number. | ||
Organization Type | Select one of the following organization roles from the drop-down list:
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Organization |
Enter the initial letter(s) of the organization and then select the organization from the list of suggestions.
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Principal Investigator | Specify the
Enter the initial letter(s) of the principal investigator's last name and then select the investigator name from the list of suggestions. | ||
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 Both. |
Click Search.
The Search menu options are displayed.To search only the trials that you submitted or own, click My Trials. This feature enables access to all the trials that you have submitted, including those that are currently on hold. (The Clinical Trials Reporting Office staff places trials on hold when they are unable to process a trial without further information, usually from the submitter.)
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To clear all search criteria and begin a new search, click Reset.
The search is complete only when the system displays search results or alerts you that it could not find a trial to match your search criteria. |
The trials that meet your search criteria are listed on the Search Results page. For more information on navigating and working with search results, see Working with Tables and Search Results.
Trials may have more than one title. For example, the CTRO staffs may add an alternate title if they find a misspelling in the registered title. Any trial identified by more than one title is identified in the search results table by an asterisk ( * ) in the Title column.
To see the alternate titles associated with a trial, click the asterisk (link).
The list of alternate titles is displayed in the Trial Alternate Titles window.
If you searched for "My Trials", the search results table displays an additional column, Accrual Disease Terminology. You can select a new terminology from the drop-down list only if the trial has not accrued patients. Additionally, you can change accrual disease terminology at any time for trials currently recording accruals at the summary level only. |
For more information, refer to the following pages: