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Protocol Accrual Lifecycle

Most clinical trials follow a sequence—from developing a protocol through recruiting participants to closing the trial and analyzing the results. We think of this as the protocol's life cycle. At every stage of the lifecycle, accrual matters.

AccrualNet™ can help by providing accrual strategies for you to consider at each stage, and carefully selected resources and tools for you to use. Learn More.

Communities and Conversations

We're better together! Recruiting and retaining participants to trials is challenging. But collaborating can help. AccrualNet™ provides two distinct ways to collaborate.

A ‘Community of Practice’ is a group of people who share a passion or concern for something they do, and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly. AccrualNet™ Communities are just that: invitation-only groups that create a ‘virtual meeting place’ for members with a shared purpose to convene around common issues related to clinical trial accrual. And Conversations are open discussions among all AccrualNet™ members. You can start a conversation, contribute to conversations already in progress, or search all conversations to find a specific topic of interest. Learn More.

Education and Training

Looking for training materials and tools for yourself, your staff, or your patients? Or maybe you need a presentation to use with a community group interested in learning about clinical trials. Well you’ve come to the right place. Browse the over 75 items we’ve collected – everything from PowerPoint presentations to brochures, interactive tutorials to tip sheets. To make it easier, we’ve divided these resources into 2 groups – staff education materials and patient education materials. Learn More.

Protocol Accrual Lifecycle

Communities and Conversations

Education and Training

AccrualNet™ is NCI’s online resource and collaboration tool that supports professionals involved in the process of recruiting and retaining participants to clinical trials. AccrualNet™ provides a growing collection of resources, training materials, and tools as well as an environment for collaborative work, professional development, and dissemination of accrual best practices. By joining AccrualNet™, you will be connected to others in the clinical trial recruitment community facing the same issues that you do. Learn, share your expertise, collaborate with colleagues, and solve problems together in a secure, trusted environment. GET STARTED TODAY!

What's New

01/17/13

Factors that influence Spanish-and English speaking participants’ decision to enroll in cancer randomized clinical trials.

01/17/13

Recruitment methods employed in the National Lung Screening Trial.

01/17/13

Accuracy of geographically targeted internet advertisements on Google AdWords for recruitment in a randomized trial.

01/17/13

E-mail invitations to general practitioners were as effective as postal invitations and were more efficient.

01/17/13

Eligibility criteria in randomized phase II and III adjuvant and neoadjuvant breast cancer trials: not a significant barrier to accrual.

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