Early-phase clinical trials in the community: results from the national cancer institute community cancer centers program early-phase working group baseline assessment.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) Community Cancer Centers Program (NCCCP) formed an Early-Phase Working Group to facilitate site participation in early-phase (EP) trials. The Working Group conducted a baseline assessment (BA) to describe the sites' EP trial infrastructure and its association with accrual.

Methods

EP accrual and infrastructure data for the sites were obtained for July 2010-June 2011 and 2010, respectively. Sites with EP accrual rates at or above the median were considered high-accruing sites. Analyses were performed to identify site characteristics associated with higher accrual onto EP trials.

Results

Twenty-seven of the 30 NCCCP sites participated. The median number of EP trials open per site over the course of July 2010-June 2011 was 19.

SUBMITTER: Zaren HA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3595451 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature