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Table 2 Workload of the Clinical Research Coordinators

From: The role of the clinical research coordinator – data manager – in oncology clinical trials

Parameter

N

Median

Range

No. of current CTs*

37

12.5

2.0–46.0

No. of multinational CTs

33

4.0

0.0–17.5

No. of CTs by sponsorship:

34

  

   Pharmaceutical Industry

 

4.0

0.0–30.0

   Cooperative Groups

 

8.0

0.0–22.0

No. of CTs by Phase:

30

  

   Phase I

 

0.0

0.0–3.0

   Phase II

 

5.0

0.0–14.0

   Phase III

 

5.0

0.0–28.0

   Phase IV

 

0.5

0.0–5.0

   Compassionate

 

0.0

0.0–3.0

No. of CTs by Indication:

27

  

   Breast cancer

 

3.0

0.0–21.0

   Lung cancer

 

3.0

0.0–13.0

   Colorectal cancer

 

2.0

0.0–9.0

   Head & Neck cancer

 

0.0

0.0–4.0

   Ovarian cancer

 

0.0

0.0–2.0

   Other

 

0.0

0.0–8.0

   No. of patients:

33

 

%

   0–25

 

NA

30.3

   26–50

 

NA

15.2

   51–75

 

NA

6.1

   76–100

 

NA

12.1

   >100

 

NA

36.3

No. of monitoring visits received: per month

 

2.0

0.0–10.0

  1. *Current CTs: those that were currently recruiting patients CTs: clinical trials; N: number of respondents; NA: not applicable