Preferred Label : Accrual;
NCIt definition : The process of obtaining subjects for a study.;
Alternative definition : CDISC-GLOSS: The accumulation or increase in the number of study subject enrolled
over time. NOTE: Accrual is often conflated with enrollment but there is a semantic
distinction in that accrual represents the rate of subject enrollment. [After Schroen
AT, Petroni GR, Wang H, Thielen MJ, Gray R, Benedetti J, Wang XF, Sargent DJ, Wickerham
DL, Cronin W, Djulbegovic B, Slingluff CL Jr. Achieving sufficient accrual to address
the primary endpoint in phase III clinical trials from U.S. Cooperative Oncology Groups.
Clin Cancer Res. 2012 Jan 1;18(1):256-62.] See also target enrollment.;
Origin ID : C25403;
UMLS CUI : C1510756;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Semantic type(s)
- concept_is_in_subset
