ACCRUAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does accrual mean? 

• ACCRUAL (noun)
  The noun ACCRUAL has 1 sense:

1. the act of accumulating

  Familiarity information: ACCRUAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACCRUAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of accumulating

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

accrual; accruement; accumulation

Hypernyms ("accrual" is a kind of...):

increase; step-up (the act of increasing something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "accrual"):

buildup (the act of building up an accumulation)

Derivation:

accrue (grow by addition)

accrue (come into the possession of)

 Context examples 

This will be the same as the study level target accrual unless this study has parallel Epochs, in which case the summary will only count the accruals for arms in this Epoch.

(Epoch Target Accrual Number Range, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

Annual accrual is 6,000 patients, with more than 20,000 patients in follow-up.

(Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, NCI Thesaurus)

The data associated with the performed study describes quantitatively and qualitatively actual observations and events occurring in the study after its approval, such as actual accrual numbers, dates of subject enrollment, etc.

(Performed Clinical Study, NCI Thesaurus)

An integer specifying a percentage of target accrual for a study, which when reached triggers a notification.

(Planned Notification Study Accrual Threshold Percent, NCI Thesaurus)

An integer specifying a percentage of target accrual at a particular study site, which when reached triggers a notification.

(Planned Notification Study Site Accrual Threshold Percent, NCI Thesaurus)

EXAMPLE(S): 75% or 90% of the target accrual number.

(Planned Notification Study Accrual Threshold Percent, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

A coded value specifying the technique that is used for reporting subject accrual data to the study sponsor.

(Accrual Reporting Method Code, NCI Thesaurus)

EXAMPLE(S): An alert sent to a study PI that the study has reached 75% of target subject accrual.

(Defined Notification, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

The date (and time) on which the accrual status is established.

(Accrual Status Date, NCI Thesaurus)

A date for the actual accrual number must be specified.

(Clinical Study Actual Accrual Number, NCI Thesaurus)