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ACCRUAL STRATEGIES

Feasibility → Enrollment → Reporting → Leadership Insights

Supporting clinical trial success through feasibility assessment, enrollment performance monitoring, and data-driven reporting.

Why Clinical Trial Accrual Performance Matters

Successful clinical trial accrual helps studies complete on schedule, improves access to innovative therapies, advances scientific discovery, and maximizes research investments.

 

Study Success Starts Before Activation

Feasibility tools aid in assessing patient availability, estimate enrollment potential, identify potential recruitment challenges, and support budget negotiation decisions. At present, ARO-CT encourages the use of the following existing institutional resources.

Monitor Accrual Performance

Accrual reporting provides timely, standardized insight into clinical trial enrollment performance. Investigators, study teams, and institutional leaders can use these data to identify recruitment challenges, allocate resources effectively, and evaluate research activity across clinical and academic units.

  • Who can access the report information?
    • Principal Investigators, Research Coordinators
    • Clinical Research Administrators
    • Division and Department Leadership*
    *Future reporting
  • What to expect?
    • A second Thursday, monthly email from David Kimberlin will provide a link to the Clinical Trials Accrual Report.
    • The report reflects accrual data from OnCore that was available at the end of the previous month.
  • How to access report?
    Access requires the use of user BlazerID and password as well as the Duo authorization app.
    • Email: Click the link in the monthly report email and follow log-in prompts.
    • myUAB: Access the report anytime through the reports catalog in the my.uab.edu portal by logging in and going to the myWork tab, then click View Catalog and search on Accrual myReports.
    Please do not bookmark the option as it is possible for report links to change.
    On the reporting page, choose an IRB number from the upper right pull-down to view the associated report.

Industry-Sponsored Clinical Trial Accruals Report Update

The Industry-Sponsored Clinical Trial Accruals Report continues to develop. The dashboard combines two key aspects of clinical trial management—patient accrual performance and financial award balances—into a user-friendly platform. Together, these metrics help illustrate the relationship between enrollment performance and financial sustainability, emphasizing the importance of realistic study feasibility assessments and ongoing accrual management.

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Clinical Trials Kiosk

Clinical Trials Kiosk

The CCTS Clinical Trials Kiosk is a website created by the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS). It helps research teams plan, start, run, and report clinical trials. The kiosk brings together tools, guidance, and training materials in one place.

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Contact Information

Melissa McBrayer, Director of Accrual Strategies

Academic Research Organization for Clinical Trials

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Last updated: May 22, 2026