July 22, 2010

This directory contains data files and documentation for controlled terminology
used by the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) to support
the Analysis Data Model (ADaM) Implementation Guide Version 1.0 (ADaM v1.0).  It
represents all ADaM controlled terminology developed and in production to date.
Additional terminology will be developed on an ongoing basis. Other future
additions to the terminology set will also be handled via the terminology change
request and maintenance process.


Contents:

Archive                       (directory for earlier file versions)
ADaM CDISC ReadME.doc	      ReadMe tab in ADaM terminology file, doc format
ADaM Terminology.txt          terms by codelist, text format
ADaM Terminology.xls	      terms by codelist, Excel format
ReadMe.txt                    (this file)
                   

Background:

SDTM and ADaM are international standards for clinical research data, and are
approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as standard electronic
submission formats.  CDISC and NCI work together to develop and maintain ADaM
controlled terminology, which is also integrated and distributed as part of NCI
Thesaurus.

Further information is available at:
     http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/terminologyresources/CDISC