In an events or interventions domain, the variable --PRESP = "Y" can be used to indicate that the value in the topic variable (--TERM or --TRT) was pre-specified. However, --PRESP is not a variable that is allowed in findings domains.
In some cases, the reason for the restriction is fairly obvious, but in other cases, understanding the reason requires understanding the differences between how human clinical trials and nonclinical trials are conducted.
CDISC has published the first of a new kind of QRS supplement to the SDTMIG, a supplement for an oncology response criterion, Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors Version 1.1 (RECIST 1.1).
This article provides information on the ISO international standard for country codes is ISO-3166, which provides several representations of names for countries (ISO-3166-1) and their subdivisions (ISO-3166-2).
Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM) was developed by Regenstrief Institute and the UCUM Organization as an unambiguous system of units and their combinations. UCUM is intended to include all units of measure currently used internationally in science, engineering and business and has been adopted internationally by IEEE, DICOM, LOINC, and HL7, and is also in the ISO 11240:2012 standard.
LOINC is a pre-coordinated laboratory coding system used in healthcare IT systems. It includes lab tests, clinical measures, HIPAA documents and standardized survey instruments. It also contains terms for human clinical research but its scope goes beyond research use. LOINC is used in over 170 countries and is mandated in 30.
SDTM describes several types of datasets. This diagram illustrates hierarchical view of these types of datasets. Findings may be findings about a study subject or about an associated person. A finding record can be linked to supplemental qualifiers, to comments, or to other records via relationships represented in RELREC.
A query about adverse events is, at heart, an observation. Data on the adverse event may also include location and pattern. This concept map includes those details, as well as terminology that would be used in SDTM.
A substance administration consists of a substance and the activity of administering the substance. Some data items describe the substance, others the administration.
This is an example for the familiar test Temperature.
If data is collected in a log form, and if you know the range of dates or visits for collection of log data then The date or visit at which the log is initiated can be used to populate STTPT and CDASH PRIOR or ONGO can be used to populate STRTPT, The date or visit at which the log is finalized can be used to populate ENTPT and CDASH PRIOR or ONGO can be used to populate ENRTPT. STRF and ENRF are not needed and should not be used.
In ordinary conversation, depending on what “that” is, the question, “When did that happen?” could be answered in many ways. The fact that there are so many ways to say when something happened helps to explain why there are so many timing variables in SDTM.
Pre-specified Events Collection of adverse event, clinical events, and medical history events can follow two approaches: Were there any events? If yes, what were the events? Did event X occur? If yes, record the details of the event(s)
ADaM datasets include names that start with "AD", therefore "AD" must not be used as the name of a custom SDTM domain. Analysis datasets that are not based on ADaM may have names that start with "AX", so "AX" must not be used as the name of a custom SDTM domain. The SDTM Domain Abbreviations codelist includes "AD" and "AX" as a reminder that these domain abbreviations must not be used for SDTM custom domains.