Effective participation in cooperative clinical trials by an independent community organization. An NCOG Model

The NCCP has established a model for community involvement in study group clinical trials, based on the use of independent community groups as participating entities. The structure and operation of the Sacramento, California demonstration project are presented. Evaluation of the NCOG small cell lung cancer study 2061 reveals that the data submitted by the community group equalled or exceeded university-generated and group-wide data for evaluability, response rate, survival, and quality control.