The Cancer Care Delivery Research Steering Committee (CCDRSC) was established in February 2015. It serves to evaluate and prioritize cancer care delivery research concepts to be conducted through the NCI Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP) Research Base mechanism with the ultimate goal of improving clinical outcomes and patient well-being during diagnostic, treatment, survivorship, and end-of-life care.
The core committee membership includes representatives from the NCORP Research Bases, R01 investigators, community oncologists, biostatisticians, patient advocates, and NCI Staff. The CCDRSC meets monthly by conference call to review study concepts and approximately yearly in person to review the study portfolio. View the CCDRSC member roster as of April 08, 2025.
Studies under the purview of the committee include qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods observational studies and interventional trials that seek to :
- Assess modifiable patient, clinician, and/or organizational factors that could be targeted in future care delivery interventions to improve patient outcomes, characterizing other contextual factors as necessary to inform intervention development
- Evaluate promising care delivery interventions that can be adapted to highly variable practice settings
- Assess and/or enhance implementation of care delivery interventions
Although patient endpoints are not required, concepts must describe the conceptual link between the selected endpoints and patient outcomes.
Clinical Trials Planning Meetings (CTPMs)
CTPMs are held periodically and focus on specific clinical trial related topics. The following are important CCDRSC CTPMs:
- Health-Related Social Needs
In November 2022, the CCDRSC convened a CTPM that focuses on addressing health-related social needs to improve cancer care delivery and outcomes among newly diagnosed cancer patients in community settings. The primary goal of this meeting was to make consensus-based decisions about the design of NCORP studies around health-related social needs, screening processes, interventions, endpoints, and study design features. Read the executive summary.
For more information, contact NCI CCCT Program Director (Interim), Ramy Serour, M.S., at ramy.serour@nih.gov.