This section introduces you to NCI Clinical Trials Reporting Program (CTRP) Accrual, and provides instructions for creating an account and logging in to the system.
About Accrual
Accrual provides authorized members of the cancer research community with access to cancer clinical trials registered with the CTRP for the purpose of reporting accrual data for clinical studies. It enables users to enter patient (study subject) demographic data for Complete trials and patient accrual counts for Abbreviated trials that have been abstracted (i.e., have reached the Abstracted status) as well as those that have been approved or withdrawn.
Trials are categorized by type of Data Table 4 Funding Sponsorship or Trial Submission Category (study source).
- Complete Trials:
- National: NCI National Clinical Trials Network (NCTN) and other NIH-supported National Trial Networks.
- Externally Peer-Reviewed: R01s, SPORES, U01s, U10s, P01s, CTEP, or any other clinical research study mechanism supported by the NIH or organizations on this list: Organizations with Peer Review Funding Systems.
- Institutional: In-house clinical research studies authored or co-authored by Cancer Center investigators and undergoing scientific peer review solely by the Protocol Review and Monitoring System of the Cancer Center. The Cancer Center investigator has primary responsibility for conceptualizing, designing, and implementing the clinical research study and reporting results.
- It is acceptable for industry and other entities to provide support (such as drug, device, or other funding), but the trial should clearly be the intellectual product of the center investigator.
- This category may also include:
- Institutional studies authored and implemented by investigators at another Center in which your Center is participating.
- Multi-Institutional studies authored and implemented by investigators at your Center. (Note: National and externally peer-reviewed studies should be listed with those categories, not as Institutional studies.)
- Abbreviated Trials:
- Industrial: A pharmaceutical company controls the design and implementation of these clinical research studies.
What's New in this Release of Accrual
This version of the CTRP Accrual application has the following new features and improvements:
| Issue Type | Development # | Documentation # | Description | Link to Content in this User Guide | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bug | PO-9267 | NA | Error: Hibernate exception in SearchTrialBean.search(). displayed when logged in to Accrual application with ctrpqatester4 user. | NA | NA |
| Bug | PO-9673 | NA | 508 compliance: Add alt text to images on a few pages. | NA | NA |
| Bug | PO-9913 | NA | Accrual count submissions through REST service are completely discarded if accrual count is the same as the current one. | NA | NA |
Prerequisites
Before you can submit accrual data to a given trial in CTRP, the system requires the following:
The trial must be registered in CTRP. For information and instructions, refer to Getting Started with Registration v4.4 in the NCI CTRP Registration User's Guide.
Once the trial has been registered, it must be fully abstracted. This work is done by the CTRO. Trial owners can help by responding to their requests for information in a timely manner.
You must have a CTRP user account. There are two ways to register for a CTRP account, as follows:
- Via your email address. If you are a new user and you do not have an NCI account, you can request one via your email address using the CTRP account creation feature. For instructions, refer to Creating New CTRP Accounts via Email in the NCI CTRP Registration User's Guide.
- Via your NCI credentials. If you are a new user and you have an NCI account, create a CTRP account via your NCI credentials using the CTRP account feature. For instructions, refer to Creating New CTRP Accounts Using NIH or NCI Credentials in the NCI CTRP Registration User's Guide.
- Once you have obtained a CTRP User Account, request authorization to access your trials. For instructions, refer to Requesting Permission to Submit Accrual Data, below.
Requesting Permission to Submit Accrual Data
In order to view and submit accrual data for your trials, you must be a registered CTRP user. Additionally, you must request permission to submit accrual data for your trials.
If you do not have a CTRP account, register for one via the CTRP account feature. For instructions, see Creating NCI CTRP User Accounts .
Your administrator can grant you permission to submit accrual data by assigning you one of the following roles:
Trial submitter. Submits accrual data on a trial-by-trial basis. (Only Super Abstractors can submit accrual data for CTEP and DCP trials.)
Site Accrual submitter. Submits accrual data for all eligible trials (institutional and externally peer-reviewed) in the submitter's organization that are currently registered in the CTRP, and for trials that will be registered in the CTRP in the future.
The Site Accrual Submitter's affiliated organization must be a lead or participating site.
Organization Family Accrual Submitter. Submits accrual data for all eligible trials that are currently registered in the CTRP, and for trials that will be registered in the CTRP in the future.
The Organization Family Accrual Submitter's affiliated organization or any of the organization's family members must be a lead or participating site.
How to Request Access to Your Studies
Contact your organization's site administrator to request accrual access for your studies. Site Administrators manage Accrual access via the Registration application. Instructions for Site Administrators are in Assigning and Unassigning Access to Accrual in the NCI CTRP Registration User's Guide.
