Hi and welcome to this video tutorial on the Oral DARF in the PMB Investigational Drug
Accountability series.
This video will review recording procedures when using the NCI Investigational Agent Accountability
Record Form for Oral Agents, or Oral DARF.
You can find the Oral DARF here on the CTEP website, Forms page.
The Oral DARF must be used for NCI studies using an oral agent, either open label, protocol
specific, or blinded, patient specific.
Please continue to use the original NCI DARF for all formulations not intended for oral
administration.
The difference between the two DARFs is that the Oral DARF provides additional columns
to document patient returns.
These fields provide space for sites to record quantities of oral agents returned by patients.
The sites should not return dispensed oral agents to the NCI Clinical Repository.
Patient returns should be destroyed on site in accordance with institutional policy.
Let�s review the individual fields unique to the Oral DARF.
Bottle size is an additional field that appears in the Oral DARF header section.
This information is useful as a link between the quantity dispensed and the quantity returned.
The first additional column is Expiration Date.
In many cases this information will not be available.
If the expiration date is not available at the time of agent receipt, it is not necessary
to add it later to all prior line items where the lot was dispensed or returned.
At the time the expiration date is known, it can be added for all lines items recorded
for the lot from that point forward.
The next column is Date Patient Returned.
Record the date received in the dispensing area, it may differ from the actual date received
in the clinic.
The Quantity Patient Returned is located next just to the right.
If the quantity returned cannot be easily counted such as suspensions or solutions,
you may record returned quantities as full or partial.
Returns of sealed bottles do not need to be opened for physical count.
Unsealed patient returns should be opened, counted, and recorded.
Intact bottles should be recorded as quantity of bottles.
The Oral DARF is formatted for the dispensing and return information to appear in the same
row.
When rows of the Oral DARF are used to record activities other than dispensing, the return
columns will not be used.
When a patient return is received, look at the label of the returned agent and find the
correct Oral DARF by verifying information in the header section such as the protocol,
investigator, agent, formulation, and strength.
Next, locate the correct dispensing row for the returned drug by matching the date dispensed,
patient initials, patient ID number, and lot number to the row in which the dispensing
was recorded.
Now let�s go through some different examples of what steps to take when a patient return
is received.
In the example on line 2, one bottle containing 16 tablets of pazopanib hydrochloride was
returned to the dispensing area for patient AZ, 1234-001.
The tablets were 200 mg of lot GLX12345678 used in NCI protocol 1234 and dispensed on
March 24th, 2014.
In the example on lines 12 and 13, two lots were dispensed to patient BT, 1234-002 on
July 23rd, 2014.
Each dispensing is recorded on a separate line and the return is recorded correctly
on the corresponding line for each lot.
Multiple lots of agent dispensed on the same date must be recorded on separate lines of
the DARF.
Ok, what if a patient returns an empty bottle?
In that case, there is nothing to record such as on line 6 or 7.
Keep in mind that the patient return columns are not intended to document destruction of
oral agents or adherence to prescribed therapy.
Patient adherence should be measured as described in the protocol.
Ok, let's look at another patient return on line 5.
In this case, four partial bottles were returned from a single dispensing on May 16th, 2014.
The bottles each contained six tablets.
Count and add up the number of tablets from each bottle to record the total quantity returned,
which is 24 in this example.
For the final example let's review the steps to take when additional bottles are returned
from a single dispensing but on different dates.
The return fields in the dispensing row on line 3 were completed previously, so you'll
need to go to a new line.
Starting with the next blank row, line 9 in this example; reference the dispensing date,
including Oral DARF page number and line number, then record in the return columns.
Lastly, keep in mind if clinical supplies are not returned to the dispensing area, there
will be nothing to record in the return columns on the Oral DARF.
And remember the Oral DARF must be used for all NCI studies using oral agents.
The same steps described in this video should be taken when recording on a patient specific
Oral DARF.
The only difference with patient specific supplies is that the Julian date and order
number are used as the lot number.
Information on patient returns is also available in the PMB FAQ �Patient Returns of Oral
Clinical Supplies� available here on the PMB website.
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