CDISC

Oncology Disease Response (RS) Supplements

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…

Country Coding

August 30, 2024

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): Country and Subdivision names…

How Do I Represent a Pre-specified Finding?

In an events or interventions domain, the variable –PRESP = "Y" can be used to indicate that the value in the topic variable (–TERM or…

Why Are Certain SDTM Variables "Not for Use in Human Clinical Trials"?

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…

Why Would a Standards Development Organization Make Non-standard Variables Available on their Website?

When an implementer is working how to represent data for a study, they first consult the SDTMIG and SDTM to find the appropriate standard variable….

Where Does My Lab Data Go in SDTMIG v3.4?

The earliest version of the SDTMIG had only one domain for tests on biologic specimens taken from a study subject, the Laboratory Test (LB) domain….

Can I add this variable to my SDTMIG dataset?

If your data is based on a general observation class, you can determine the answer to this question by consulting the SDTM. Qualifiers for your…

Do I have to use the variable labels in the SDTMIG?

In all versions of the SDTMIG through v3.2, the "Conformance" section includes the following as a criterion for conformance: Using SDTM-specified variable labels for all…

Use of Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) in the Generation of Real World Evidence (RWE)

Regina Zopf, FDA, Bethesda, MD, USA Jeff Abolafia, Rho, Chapel Hill, NC, USA Bhargava Reddy, UCB, Raleigh, NC USA ABSTRACT There is a lot of…