The Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program
(CTEP) establishes and supports programs to facilitate the
participation of qualified investigators on CTEP-supported studies,
and to institute programs that minimize redundancy among grant and
contract holders, thereby reducing overall cost of maintaining a
robust treatment trials program. Currently guided by the efforts of
the Clinical Trials Working Group (CTWG) and the Institute of
Medicine (IOM) recommendations to revitalize the Cooperative Group
program, CTEP has funded the Cancer Trials Support Unit (CTSU). The
CTSU collects standardized forms to process site regulatory
information, changes to membership, patient enrollment data, and
routing information for case report forms. In addition, CTSU
collects seven surveys used for customer satisfaction or related to
clinical trials. The customer satisfaction surveys assess different
areas of service delivery at CTSU including: the CTSU Help Desk,
the CTSU web site, the Protocol and Information Office (PIO), and
the Oncology Patient Enrollment Network (OPEN). User satisfaction
surveys are compiled as part of the project quality assurance
activities and are used to direct improvements to processes and
technology. Additionally, there are three surveys collect
information about health professional's interests in clinical
trial, potential issues with opening and accruing to a clinical
trial and reasons for low accrual.
This program change is being
submitted as a revised information collection and includes minor
updates to forms and the customer satisfaction surveys.
Additionally, several forms are no longer required for collection,
which results in a decrease of 9,623 burden hours and about a 20%
cost reduction associated with this project. The Protocol and
Information Office Customer Satisfaction Survey has been added to
this submission and it is anticipated that information collection
will occur annually. Additionally, three surveys related to
clinical trial ideas, opening and accrual, and low accruals have
been added to this information collection.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.