Clinical Trials Management Systems (CTMS) Workspace

The Clinical Trials Management Systems (CTMS) Workspace is developing a comprehensive set of modular, interoperable and standards-based tools designed to meet diverse clinical trials management needs and respond to four informatics-focused recommendations made by NCI's Clinical Trials Working Group (CTWG). For more information on the CTWG's four informatics-focused recommendations, click here.

Looking for information on how caBIG™ helps facilitate clinical data management and data sharing Check out the Clinical Trials Compatibility Framework

New to the Clinical Trials Management Systems (CTMS) Workspace? Check out the CTMS Newcomer Information section.

Registration for the March 18-20, 2008 Joint CTMS & Imaging Face-to-Face meeting is now open. To register online, please go to Joint CTMS & Imaging Face-to-Face registration page.

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CTMS Materials

Schedule (for teleconferences)

Workspace Teleconference Meeting Notes

CTMS Glossary

Face-to-Face Meeting Materials (2004 to present)

Contact Information

CTMS Steering Committee

Business Architecture Model

CTMS Participating Organizations

Templates & Forms (internal working templates and forms for participants and adopters.)

CTMS Workspace Listserv

CTMS home on GForge (GForge is a separate collaborative working area utilized by many caBIG™ workspaces to collect and organize additional materials)

CTMS Special Interest Groups (SIGs)

Planning / Monitoring SIG:

The Planning / Monitoring SIG aims to facilitate the planning and initiation of clinical trials and the monitoring of trials once they begin. Activities include:

- Investigator and Site Credential Repository

- Study Initiation Tool

- Federal Investigator Registry of Biomedical Informatics Research Data (FIREBIRD)

- Protocol Lifecycle Tracking

- NCI Division of Cancer Prevention's Enterprise System Knowledgebase (DESK)

Study Conduct SIG:

The Study Conduct SIG addresses issues related to the conduct of clinical trials. Activities include:

- Standardized Case Report Forms

- Cancer Central Clinical Database (C3D)

- Participant Registry

- Laboratory Interfaces

- Financial / Billing

- Subject Prescreening

- Vendor Systems

Reporting / Sharing SIG:

The goal of the Reporting / Sharing SIG is to facilitate the reporting and sharing of clinical trial data with existing and new destinations. Activities include:

- Clinical Trials Database

- Clinical Trials Object Model

- Janus (FDA Repository)

Interoperability SIG:

This SIG aims to achieve interoperability by increasing the ability of systems to access and use the data and functionality of other systems and facilitating the integration of new sources and destinations of data. Activities include:

- Structured Protocol Representation (BRIDG)

- Clinical Trials Interoperability Project

Archived SIGs and Work Groups:

- Adverse Event Reporting and Collection

- Compatability Grading

- CTMS Best Practices

- Patient Study Calendar

- Routine Data Exchange

- SOPs

- System Interoperability & Harmonization