Summary
An important aspect of conducting clinical research is to enhance enrollment so that trial accrual more accurately reflects the broader population that will/may ultimately benefit from the trial results and to collect information from patients that will inform future research questions and better trial development/structure. Implementation of a patient clinical trials screening tool within NCORP will provide data to enhance patient enrollment to clinical trials, including minority and underrepresented populations. The NCORP Clinical Trials Screening Tool will also provide a unique opportunity to collect expanded demographic and clinical data to increase our understanding of who is or is not enrolled in NCI sponsored trials and address research questions related to disparities in cancer care and cancer care delivery. The NCORP Clinical Trials Screening Tool will add eight elements that are not currently being collected including marital status, rural status, education level, employment status, annual income, insurance status at time of clinical trial screening, method of diagnosis and comorbidities.