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The first pt.xpt dataset shows 22 consituents and parameters each as a single replicate (PTREPNUM=1), at 1 time point (PTTPT=Week 0 / PTTPTNUM=1) and from 1 set of storage conditions (STOCONID= Condition 1)

NOTE TO TEAM REVIEWERS:

The example below demonstrates the required data structure of one record per analyte per replicate per test condition per timepoint to accurately represent data from a stability study.
The resulting structure would require 648 rows to illustrate the 12 analytes shown in the example study we received, done in triplicate under two test conditions at the number of timepoints in the example study.

For conciseness, we have abbreviated the examples below to demonstrate the concepts as follows:

First- we show all 12 analytes as a single replicate, at one time point and one test condition in order to illustrate the variables and terminology required to put together a stability study with assays  done in replicate at different time points and varying test conditions, even though only one record per analyte is illustrated.

Second- We show ONE analyte (moisture) in triplicate, over a series of time points and two test conditions to give a sense of what the complete data would look like.

Hopefully users could combine the information shown in both examples to construct a complete dataset containing all the records for each analyte-replicate-test condition-time point group.

• The use of SPDEVID and PTREFID in this example on records where PTSPEC=AEROSOL indicates that a smoking machine (shown in SPDEVID) was used to perform the vaping regimen (shown in PTREFID) to produce the aerosol from the e-liquid product on records where PTSPEC=AEROSOL. Details of the smoking machine and vaping regimen are not shown in this example. For examples illustrating how to represent these concepts in SDTM, see Section 3.1.3.2, HPHCs, Other Constituents, and Smoking / Vaping Regimens.
• PTXFN (External File Path) is used to document the location or file name within the submission that contains the lab methodology protocol used to assay the associated constituent when such methodology is too complex for the single PTMETHOD variable.
• STOCONID is used to identify the storage conditions of the e-liquid product for the testing performed. Details of these conditions are represented in the Environmental Storage Conditions (ES) dataset example that follows the 2 PT dataset examples. 
• In this example, the applicant chose to subcategorize some consituents and parameters using the permissible variable PTSCAT (Sub-Category of Test).

The second PT dataset shows testing for just 1 constituent (nicotine), performed in 3 replicates (note the values of PTREPNUM), at the first 3 time points of the study (as shown in PTTPT/PTTPTNUM), from 3 sets of storage conditions (STOCONID), in samples of e-liquid and aerosol (PTSPEC) in order to illustrate how those variables are used to represent their associated concepts in a stability study. 

• As in the first PT dataset, the details of the smoking machine and vaping regimen are not shown in this example. For examples illustrating how to represent these concepts in SDTM, see Section 3.1.3.2, HPHCs, Other Constituents, and Smoking/Vaping Regimens.
• Details of the 3 conditions are represented in the ES dataset example that follows.