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Cancer Adverse Event Reporting System (caAERS)
  
Product Description

The Cancer Adverse Event Reporting System (caAERS) is an open source software tool that is used to collect, process, and report adverse events that occur during clinical trials. This tool supports regulatory and protocol compliance for adverse event report and allows local collection, management, and querying of adverse event data, whether routine or serious.  This tool also supports service based integration of data from other clinical trials management systems.

  • Intended Audiences: Clinical trial study investigators
  • Primary Workspace: CTMS

Brochures, Presentations, & Demos

caAERS Demonstration – 20-minute Audio over Slides and Screencast (turn speakers on).  You may also download the Power Point slides for this demonstration.



Note: The above demonstrations and presentations are of an earlier version of caAERS.

A publicly available version of the current caAERS application can be accessed at the site listed below.


caAERS Demo Site

Version of Application:  caAERS v1.5.x

Demo Site Link

Login Information: SYSTEM_ADMIN/system_admin

  • Please feel free to create studies, add participants, enter expedited reports, etc.  All of the data entered into the application should be fictional and for testing purposes only.

  •  We try to update the version of caAERS available on this site every 4 weeks.

  • We periodically make changes to this site, so you may experience some disruptions.


Documentation & Training
Access the caBIG™ Learning Management System to learn about
training programs, register for classes, track your progress, and stay
informed about training offerings. We invite you to explore the
catalog to see what is available. You will need to create an account
before registering for classes.

caAERS Manuals and Training Materials


Tool Download Files

caAERS v1.7 Release

Skill sets needed: Ability to install and administer the Apache Tomcat Application Server, ability to create and administer PostgreSQL or Oracle database, ability to create and work with XML files to support import and export functionality


Technical Information

Tool Maturity Assessment: Stable Release (Adoption in Progress)

Installation Level: Intermediate - technical assistance may be required, download may require supporting infrastructure or software

System Requirements: Server
  • Mac OS X 10.4, Windows XP, or Linux; 2 GB RAM, 36 GB Disk Space,
  • JDK 5.0 or higher
  • Apache Tomcat 5.5.23, or higher  
  • PostgreSQL 8.1.9, or higher or Oracle 10g, or higher

Client
  • Firefox 2.0 or higher
  • Internet Explorer 7

Developer Institution(s)

Initial Requirements & Specifications: City of Hope National Medical Center & Beckman Research Institute

Current Application Development: SemanticBits, LLC, Cancer and Leukemia Group B, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Wake Forest University Health Sciences

  
User Support Resources

CTMS Knowledge Center

CTMS Workspace Coordinator Miguel Buddle

NCICB Applications Support - Email: ncicb@pop.nci.nih.gov

Clinical Trials Compatibility Framework