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  • Clinical Trials
  • Cancer Prevention
  • Health Services Research

Background:

  • Early phase cancer prevention trials face recruitment challenges due to the lack of immediate individual benefit for participants.
  • The National Cancer Institute's Division of Cancer Prevention developed the Accrual Quality Improvement Program to address these challenges.
  • This program aims to understand and optimize determinants of accrual activity throughout clinical trials.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe the Accrual Quality Improvement Program (AQIP) and its role in enhancing accrual for early phase cancer prevention trials.
  • To highlight AQIP's capability for real-time data collection, analysis, and visualization to improve enrollment rates.

Main Methods:

  • AQIP utilizes a web-based infrastructure for collecting, analyzing, and storing qualitative and quantitative data at participant, site, and study levels.
  • It captures detailed recruitment data, including reasons for ineligibility or non-consent, and site-specific issues.
  • The program incorporates a Recruitment Journal and visualizes accrual rates against projections, offering performance ratings and improvement recommendations.

Main Results:

  • From 2014 to 2022, AQIP was implemented across 39 Consortia trials, collecting comprehensive trial information.
  • Data captured includes participant-level metrics (e.g., charts reviewed, contact attempts, consent status) and site/study-level factors (e.g., staffing, protocol amendments).
  • AQIP provides real-time tracking of accrual rates, performance evaluations, and intervention suggestions.

Conclusions:

  • Continuous data collection and quality improvement are essential for overcoming recruitment hurdles in early phase cancer prevention trials.
  • AQIP enables responsive strategy modifications and protocol adjustments for improved recruitment in ongoing trials.
  • Data from AQIP will inform future trial designs to enhance accrual efficiency.