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of the benefits of the CTSU is the availability of several web-based
educational and promotional tools that can be used to facilitate
the enrollment of patients onto cancer studies listed on the
CTSU trial menu. All CTSU members have access to protocols,
protocol-specific forms, and educational and promotional tools
on the public and members' sides of the CTSU web site. Some
materials that the CTSU makes available via the web are listed
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CTSU Public Web Site |
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eCourse:
The eCourse is an online educational program that introduces
and explains the CTSU. The eCourse was created to provide registered
CTSU members and those interested in becoming registered members
with a convenient method for learning about participation in
clinical trials through the CTSU. |
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CTSU
Process Checklist: This checklist is a step-by-step
tool that outlines protocol-specific site/patient enrollment
registration. A separate checklist is available for Canadian
participants. |
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CTEP-AMS
Fact Sheet: This fact sheet instructs new
Investigators and associates on how to register with the CTSU
by establishing an account with the Cancer Therapy Evaluation
Program- Account Management System (CTEP-AMS). |
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RSS
Fact Sheet: This fact sheet defines the Regulatory
Support System (RSS) and how it is utilized by the CTSU. |
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CTSU
Active Protocol List:This lists all of the studies
that are active on the CTSU menu. It can be sorted by cancer
type, Cooperative Group, or protocol number. |
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Member Web Site |
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The protocol specific materials listed here are located on each individual protocol page under Education and Promotion Materials |
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Physician
Fact Sheets: These protocol-specific fact sheets offer a summary of treatment plan and patient population
with the schema on the back. These are intended to be used in
promoting the CTSU clinical trials among health care providers. |
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Time
and Events: A quick outline of a study's schedule of events, tests, etc. |
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Schema:
A diagrammatic representation of the treatment plan. |
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Protocol
Card: A quick pocket reference about the study, which can
be used as a screening tool. |
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Activities |
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Co-Chair
Reports: Monthly reports are sent to the study teams
for each of the endorsed studies on the CTSU menu; reports include
information on CTSU site registrations and accruals. |
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Featured
Protocols: Study chairs may request a trial to be featured
in this section of the web site; it is changed monthly. |
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Bulk
Mailings:The CTSU mails materials (letters, toolkits, etc.)
on behalf of the study chair to CTSU sites that are registered
for a particular protocol. |
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Newsletters: The CTSU sends articles to be posted
in Cooperative Groups newsletters and publishes a CTSU Newsletter
about three times per year. |
