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1 Introduction

This document describes the CDISC implementation of the Kurtzke Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) instrument.

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The CDISC Intellectual Property Policy can be found on the CDISC website at: https://www.cdisc.org/about/bylaws.

1.1 Representations and Warranties, Limitations of Liability, and Disclaimers

This document is a supplement to the SDTMIG for Human Clinical Trials and is covered under Appendix F of that document, which describes representations, warranties, limitations of liability, and disclaimers. Please see Appendix F of the SDTMIG for a complete version of this material.

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Although the United States Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) has provided input with regard to this supplement, this input does not constitute US FDA endorsement of any particular instrument.

2 Copyright Status

CDISC believes this instrument to be in the public domain, but you should perform your own assessment. CDISC has included the EDSS in the CDISC library of QRS data standards supplements. Hence, CDISC developed RSTESTCD and RSTEST for each item based on the actual text on the instrument. There may be many versions of this instrument in the public domain or copyrighted. CDISC has chosen to use this version as the data standard.

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• Kurtzke JF. Rating neurologic impairment in multiple sclerosis: An

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  expanded disability status scale (EDSS). Neurology. 1983 Nov;33(11):1444-52. 

3 The RS Domain Model

3.1 Assumptions for the RS Domain Model

All assumptions and business rules described in the SDTMIG RS domain are applicable to this supplement. Additional assumptions specific to the EDSS are listed below.

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1. The scale points include a numeric rating (0-10) and a definition of what is represented by the rating (e.g., 2.5 = "Minimal disability in two

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   ."). For the EDSS, RSORRES is populated with the text description while the numeric rating is represented in the standardized character and numeric result variables RSSTRESC and RSSTRESN.

2. Three responses to the EDSS ratings exceeded the 200-character limit for the RSORRES variable and needed to be reduced to fewer than 200 characters. Section 4, SDTM Mapping Strategy, indicates which item responses were revised in order to fit the 200-character limit.

3. Terminology

   1. RSCAT, RSTESTCD, and RSTEST values are included in CDISC Controlled Terminology.

   2. A full list of value sets for the result fields is provided in Section 4, SDTM Mapping Strategy.

3.2 Example for the EDSS RS Domain Model

The EDSS example below shows the terminology used to implement the instrument in the RS domain. This example shows the data for 1 subject collected at the baseline and visit 2

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4 SDTM Mapping Strategy

This section is used for reference regarding the CRF data capture and to understand the alignment of the instrument to the SDTM RS domain. It also provides guidance on how the result variables (RSORRES, RSSTRESC, and RSSTRESN) should be populated.

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