| ACC |
Administrative Coordinating Center
|
| ADD |
Attention Deficit Disorder |
| ADR |
Adverse Drug Reactions |
| AE |
Adverse Event |
| AER |
Adverse Events Reporting |
| ASI |
Addiction Severity Index |
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| BDI |
Beck Depression Inventory |
| BUP |
Buprenorphine |
| BUP/NX |
Buprenorphine/Naloxone |
| BSI |
Brief Symptom Inventory |
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| CAB |
Common Assessment Battery |
| CDMC |
Central Data Management Center |
| CIDI |
Composite International Diagnostic
Interview (chosen as CTN standard ) |
| CF |
Consent Form |
| CFR |
Code of Federal Regulations |
| COI |
Conflict of Interest |
| CPA |
Cooperative Project Assurance |
| CRADA |
Cooperative Research and Development
Agreement |
| CRO |
Contract Research Organization |
| CRF |
Case Report Form (source document for
clinical studies) |
| CTN |
Clinical Trials Network |
| CTP |
Community Treatment Program |
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| DB |
Diversified Business Consulting Group
- NIDA's contractor for meetings, publications, and calls |
| DHHS |
Department of Health and Human Services
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| DMAS |
Data Management and Analysis Subcommittee
|
| D&A |
Design and Analysis Workgroup |
| DM |
Data Management |
| DSMB |
Data and Safety Monitoring Board |
| DSM-IV |
Diagnostic & Statistical Manual
of Mental Disorders-4th Edition |
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| EACC |
External Affairs Coordinating Committee
|
| EC |
Executive Committee |
| EEG |
Electroencephalogram |
| ECG |
Electrocardiogram |
| EST |
Eastern Standard Time |
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| FDA |
Food and Drug Administration |
| FWA |
Federal Wide Assurance |
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| GCP |
Good Clinical Practice |
| GMB |
Grants Management Branch Office |
| GRP |
Good Research Practice |
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| HAQ |
Helping Alliance Questionnaire |
| HRBS |
HIV Risk Behavior Scale |
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| IC |
Informed Consent |
| ICH |
International Conference on Harmonisation
of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals
for Human Use |
| IEC |
Independent Ethics Committee |
| IMC |
Information Management Consultants,
Inc. (contractor for NIDA) |
| IND |
Investigational New Drug |
| INPT |
Inpatient |
| IRB |
Institutional Review Board |
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| LI |
Lead Investigator (for a particular
protocol) |
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| MET |
Motivational Enhancement Therapy |
| MET/MI |
Motivational Enhancement/Motivational
Interviewing |
| MI |
Motivational Incentives |
| MM |
Medical Monitor |
| MPA |
Multiple Project Assurance |
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| NC |
Node Coordinator |
| NIDA |
National Institute on Drug Abuse |
| NIH |
National Institutes of Health |
| NODE |
Combination of RRTC and CTPs: |
| |
CA/AZ |
California/Arizona Node |
| |
DV |
Delaware Valley Node |
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FL |
Florida Node |
| |
GL |
Great Lakes Regional Node |
| |
LI |
Long Island Node |
| |
MA |
Mid Atlantic Node |
| |
NC |
North Carolina Node |
| |
NE |
New England Node |
| |
NNE |
Northern New England Node |
| |
NY |
New York Node |
| |
OR |
Oregon Node |
| |
OV |
Ohio Valley Node |
| |
PR |
Pacific Region Node |
| |
RM |
Rocky Mountain Regional Node |
| |
SC |
South Carolina Node |
| |
SW |
Southwest Node |
| |
WA |
Washington Node |
| NTC |
Node Training Coordinator |
| NPC |
Node Protocol Coordinator |
| NX |
Naloxone |
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| OC |
Operations Committee |
| OCC |
Operations Coordinating Committee |
| OHRP |
Office for Human Research Protections
(formerly known as OPRR) |
| OP |
Operations Committee |
| OPRR |
Office for Protection from Research
Risks |
| ORI |
Office of Research Integrity |
| OUTPT |
Outpatient |
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| PHS |
Public Health Services |
| PI |
Principal Investigator (for a node,
usually grantee who received award) |
| PFR |
Personal Feedback Report |
| PD |
Project Director |
| PDT |
Protocol Development Team |
| PPCC |
Portfolio Planning Coordinating Committee
|
| PO |
Government Project Officer for a grant
or contract |
| PRB |
Protocol Review Board |
| PRS |
Protocol Review Subcommittee |
| PSC |
Publications subcommittee |
| PST |
Pacific Standard Time |
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| QA |
Quality Assurance |
| QAP |
Quality Assurance Program |
| QAS |
Quality Assurance Subcommittee |
| QC |
Quality Control |
| Q&A |
Questions and Answers |
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| RA |
Research Assistant |
| RAO |
Regulatory Affairs Officer |
| RAS |
Regulatory Affairs Subcommittee |
| RBS |
Risk Behavior Survey (for AIDS risk
behaviors) |
| RCR |
Responsible Conduct of Research |
| RFA |
Request for Applications (call for
grant applications by NIH) |
| RRTC |
Regional Research and Training Center
(university associated with award) |
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| SAE |
Serious Adverse Event |
| SC |
Steering Committee |
| SCID |
Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV
|
| SDSS |
Substance Dependence Severity Scale
|
| SIP-R |
Short Inventory of Problems ‰ŢŇ Revised
|
| SOP |
Standard Operating Procedure |
| SPA |
Single Project Assurance |
| STC |
Session Training Coordinator |
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| TSC |
Training Subcommittee |
| TX |
Treatment |
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| URICA |
University of Rhode Island Change Assessment
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| VA |
Veterans Administration |
| V# |
Version of protocol (starts with
Version 1, V.1, through Version 6, V.6) |
