Clinical Trials Plan
Generating New Ideas
Broadening Access for Physicians and Patients
Educating &
Communicating
Forming Partnerships--
Collaborations with Advocacy and Voluntary Groups
Forming Partnerships with Industry
Forming Partnerships with Payers and Providers
Streamlining Procedures
Automating Data Systems

The Web sites listed below lead to various components of the New National System for Cancer Clinical Trials.

Clinical Trials Plan

Armitage Report -- Launched plans for the new system.
Clinical Trials Implementation Committee -- The NCI committee that molded the Armitage Report into a working plan.

Generating New Ideas

State of the Science Meetings (SOTS)
Rapid Access to Intervention Development (RAID)
Rapid Access to Preventive Intervention Development (RAPID)
Quick Trials for Novel Cancer Therapies
Clinical Oncology Special Emphasis Panel
Correlative Science Studies--Description of funding opportunities.
List of projects that give researchers access to human tissue
The AIDS and Cancer Specimen Bank (ACSB)
Cooperative Human Tissue Network

Broadening Access for Physicians and Patients

Special Populations Networks

Educating & Communicating

Cancer.gov -- NCI's Web site includes general cancer information, clinical trials background and information, and links to many other NCI resources and programs.
Cancer Information Service (CIS) -- Personalized information for patients 1-800-4-CANCER (1-800-422-6237).
New Training Grants -- Overview of programs and links to information on how to apply.

Forming Partnerships--Collaborations with Advocacy and Voluntary Groups

Director's Consumer Liaison Group (DCLG) -- Advises the NCI Director.
Cancer Information Service Partnership Program

Forming Partnerships with Industry

Technology Transfer Branch (TTB)
Office of Technology and Industrial Relations (OTIR)
Developmental Therapeutics Program (DTP)
Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program (CTEP)

Forming Partnerships with Payers and Providers

Medicare coverage for clinical trials.
The Department of Defense Cancer Clinical Trials Agreement with the NCI.
The NCI and the Department of Veterans Affairs Clinical Trials Agreement.
Agreements between United Health Care and the Coalition of National Cancer Cooperative Groups, Inc. provide access to cancer clinical trials.
Summaries of studies on costs of clinical trials
For more information on these initiatives, contact the Office of Education and Special Initiatives, e-mail: cancertrials-r@mail.nih.gov

Streamlining Procedures

Cancer Trials Support Unit (CTSU)
Simplification of Informed Consent Documents
Central Institutional Review Board (CIRB) e-mail: goldbergj@mail.nih.gov
Protocol Assembly Forms and Procedures

Automating Data Systems

Common Toxicity Criteria (CTC)
Adverse Event Expedited Reporting System (AdEERs)
Clinical Data Update System (CDUS)
Common Data Elements (CDE)

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