Any registered trial that has been submitted successfully to the Clinical Trials Reporting Program (CTRP) can be abstracted or edited. The Protocol Abstraction application includes a robust set of filters on the Trial Search page to return specific trials, or groups of trials.
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
Navigate to the Trial Search page by selecting Search > Trials.
On the Trial Search page, the following filter options are available.
Multiple values can be selected for the following fields: |
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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 all or part of the Principal Investigator name. The system will suggest names as you type. Select the investigator name from the list of suggestions. 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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Trial Verification Due Between | To narrow the search by this trial attribute, specify the starting and ending dates for the Trial Verification Due dates.
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DT4 Exclusions | To narrow the search by this trial attribute, specify the type of Data Table 4 (DT4) exclusion. 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. | |
Submitting Org | To narrow the search by this trial attribute, select the Look Up button to open the Select Organization search page with additional parameters available for searching for Organizations. For information, refer to Searching for Organizations in PA | |
NCI Sponsored | To narrow the search results by this trial attribute, specify whether National Cancer Institute (NCI) sponsored the trial. Otherwise, select All. For information, refer to Abstracting Sponsors and Responsible Parties. |
After entering the desired filters, select Search. The matching trials are returned in the Search Results section.
When using the DT4 Exclusions filter, 2 additional columns DT4 Families and DT4 Comments will be displayed in the Search Results. |
The Protocol Abstraction application displays an asterisk (*) in the Official Title column for trials that have alternate titles. Select the asterisk to view the alternate titles. |
The Protocol Abstraction application displays an asterisk (*) in the Official Title column for trials that have alternate titles. Select the asterisk to view the alternate titles. |
To view the Trial Identification page for the trial of interest, either select the NCI Trial Identifier link or scroll horizontally and select any link in the Action column.
The Trial Identification page displays basic trial details along with the available options to check out the trial for processing/abstraction. For more information on how to Check In and Check Out trials refer to the following: Checking In and Checking Out Trials
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. |