The Stem Cell Therapeutic Outcomes Database (SCTOD) is one of four components of the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program (Program). According to the SCTOD contract, this contractor will:
- Provide an electronic outcomes database of scientific information about allogeneic bone marrow and umbilical cord blood transplantation to be used by researchers and health care professionals.
- Collect and analyze information about:
- Diagnoses for which transplant may be a treatment option.
- Transplant preparation and procedures.
- Patient outcomes.
- Patients' quality of life.
- New uses for cells found in bone marrow, peripheral blood, and umbilical cord blood.
- Work with transplant centers to ease the reporting of data.
- Report information about:
- The need for donors and cord blood units to policymakers, based on data from the Program.
- Patient outcomes for each transplant center annually to the public.
- Transplant research to the public, researchers, and health care professionals.
- Store blood samples from donors and patients that will be used for transplant research.
- Work closely with experts from all areas of bone marrow and cord blood transplantation.
To learn about the organization holding the SCTOD contract, see Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, a Program Contractor.
