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.