CDISC, in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute's Enterprise Vocabulary Services (EVS), supports the Controlled Terminology needs of CDISC Foundational and Therapeutic Area Standards.
Controlled Terminology is the set of codelists and valid values used with data items within CDISC-defined datasets. Controlled Terminology provides the values required for submission to FDA and PMDA in CDISC-compliant datasets. Controlled Terminology does not tell you WHAT to collect; it tells you IF you collected a particular data item, how you should submit it in your electronic dataset.
New requests or changes to existing Terminology can be accessed through the CDISC New Term Request Page.
Controlled Terminology Release: Update 25 September 2026 - P62
Release Date: 25 September 2026
As of 25 September 2026 the ADaM, CDASH, CDISC Glossary DDF, Define-XML, MRCT, SDTM, and SEND Controlled Terminology files have been updated on the NCI-EVS Ftp site. The version dates of the new files are 2026-09-25. These terminology files replace all older ADaM, CDASH, CDISC Glossary DDF, Define-XML, MRCT, SDTM, and SEND terminology files and include terms from Review Package 62.
There are approximately 102 new QRS terms and 656 new terms across ADaM, CDASH, CDISC Glossary DDF, Define-XML, MRCT, SDTM, and SEND terminology files.
Additionally, there are:
- Updates to 13 published Codetable Mapping files: CV, DS, DV, GF, GI, IS, MK, Oncology, RE, RP, SC, TS, VS
- Update to 4 Terminology Development Rules document: QRS Naming and Business Rules; Rules for All Codelists; Rules for Lab, Unit, and MI; Rules for IS
- Update to Unit-UCUM Codetable Mapping file
- Update to Controlled Terminology Requests Denied file
- Update to CDISC Terminology Publication Schedule
- Update to the ADaM, SDTM, and SEND paired view files
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