CDISC Express: A Glance

This weekend I tested an application that can automatically transform clinical data to CDISC SDTM compliant datasets(3.1.1 and 3.1.2), CDISC Express of Clinovo. According to its license statements, you can download it for free and for personal use only.

The core of CDISC Express is an Excel configuration file called Mapping File which defines all the metadata and mapping rules required by CDISC SDTM standard. Then a set of SAS macros is used to

  • validate the SDTM mapping file
  • generate SDTM datasets
  • generate define.xml file
  • validate the SDTM datasets

I found its architecture is simple, concise and powerful. When mentioned “simple”, I mean it is easy to understand and implement. It is still in its version 1.0, I wish following enhancements in the future according my personal user experiences:

  • More web browsers supports for define.xml file and documentation
  • More merge or set types
  • Debug mechanism enhancement

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2 Responses to “CDISC Express: A Glance”

  1. leila hoballah
    17. May 2011 um 04:05

    Hello,

    Thank you for downloading CDISC Express and sharing your feedback with the community! We hope many others will test it and help us improve the application.

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