VariableName VariableLabel Type Role Note Core
STUDYID Study Identifier Char Identifier Unique identifier for a study. Req
DOMAIN Domain Abbreviation Char Identifier Two-character abbreviation for the domain. Req
USUBJID Unique Subject Identifier Char Identifier Identifier used to uniquely identify a subject across all studies for all applications or submissions involving the product. This must be a unique number, and could be a compound identifier formed by concatenating STUDYID-SITEID-SUBJID. Req
SUBJID Subject Identifier for the Study Char Topic Subject identifier, which must be unique within the study. Often the ID of the subject as recorded on a CRF. Req
RFSTDTC Subject Reference Start Date/Time Char Record Qualifier Reference Start Date/time for the subject in ISO 8601 character format. Usually equivalent to date/time when subject was first exposed to study treatment. See Assumption 9 for additional detail on when RFSTDTC may be null. Exp
RFENDTC Subject Reference End Date/Time Char Record Qualifier Reference End Date/time for the subject in ISO 8601 character format. Usually equivalent to the date/time when subject was determined to have ended the trial, and often equivalent to date/time of last exposure to study treatment. Required for all randomized subjects; null for screen failures or unassigned subjects. Exp
RFXSTDTC Date/Time of First Study Treatment Char Record Qualifier First date/time of exposure to any protocol-specified treatment or therapy, equal to the earliest value of EXSTDTC. Exp
RFXENDTC Date/Time of Last Study Treatment Char Record Qualifier Last date/time of exposure to any protocol-specified treatment or therapy, equal to the latest value of EXENDTC (or the latest value of EXSTDTC if EXENDTC was not collected or is missing). Exp
RFICDTC Date/Time of Informed Consent Char Record Qualifier Date/time of informed consent in ISO 8601 character format. This will be the same as the date of informed consent in the Disposition domain, if that protocol milestone is documented. Would be null only in studies not collecting the date of informed consent. Exp
RFPENDTC Date/Time of End of Participation Char Record Qualifier Date/time when subject ended participation or follow-up in a trial, as defined in the protocol, in ISO 8601 character format. Should correspond to the last known date of contact. Examples include completion date, withdrawal date, last follow-up, date recorded for lost to follow up, or death date. Exp
DTHDTC Date/Time of Death Char Record Qualifier Date/time of death for any subject who died, in ISO 8601 format. Should represent the date/time that is captured in the clinical-trial database. Exp
DTHFL Subject Death Flag Char Record Qualifier Indicates the subject died. Should be "Y" or null. Should be populated even when the death date is unknown. Exp
SITEID Study Site Identifier Char Record Qualifier Unique identifier for a site within a study. Req
INVID Investigator Identifier Char Record Qualifier An identifier to describe the Investigator for the study. May be used in addition to SITEID. Not needed if SITEID is equivalent to INVID. Perm
INVNAM Investigator Name Char Synonym Qualifier Name of the investigator for a site. Perm
BRTHDTC Date/Time of Birth Char Record Qualifier Date/time of birth of the subject. Perm
AGE Age Num Record Qualifier Age expressed in AGEU. May be derived from RFSTDTC and BRTHDTC, but BRTHDTC may not be available in all cases (due to subject privacy concerns). Exp
AGEU Age Units Char Variable Qualifier Units associated with AGE. Exp
SEX Sex Char Record Qualifier Sex of the subject. Req
RACE Race Char Record Qualifier Race of the subject. Sponsors should refer to "Collection of Race and Ethnicity Data in Clinical Trials" (FDA, October, 2016) for guidance regarding the collection of race (https://www.fda.gov/downloads/regulatoryinformation/guidances/ucm126396.pdf) See Assumption below regarding RACE. Exp
ETHNIC Ethnicity Char Record Qualifier The ethnicity of the subject. Sponsors should refer to "Collection of Race and Ethnicity Data in Clinical Trials" (FDA, October, 2016) for guidance regarding the collection of ethnicity (https://www.fda.gov/downloads/regulatoryinformation/guidances/ucm126396.pdf). Perm
ARMCD Planned Arm Code Char Record Qualifier ARMCD is limited to 20 characters. It is not subject to the character restrictions that apply to TESTCD.The maximum length of ARMCD is longer than for other "short" variables to accommodate the kind of values that are likely to be needed for crossover trials. For example, if ARMCD values for a seven-period crossover were constructed using two-character abbreviations for each treatment and separating hyphens, the length of ARMCD values would be 20. If the subject was not assigned to an Arm, ARMCD is null and ARMNRS is populated. With the exception of studies which use multi-stage Arm assignments, must be a value of ARMCD in the Trial Arms Dataset. Exp
ARM Description of Planned Arm Char Synonym Qualifier Name of the Arm to which the subject was assigned. If the subject was not assigned to an Arm, ARM is null and ARMNRS is populated. With the exception of studies which use multi-stage Arm assignments, must be a value of ARM in the Trial Arms Dataset. Exp
ACTARMCD Actual Arm Code Char Record Qualifier Code of actual Arm. ACTARMCD is limited to 20 characters. It is not subject to the character restrictions that apply to TESTCD. The maximum length of ACTARMCD is longer than for other short variables to accommodate the kind of values that are likely to be needed for crossover trials. With the exception of studies which use multi-stage Arm assignments, must be a value of ARMCD in the Trial Arms Dataset. If the subject was not assigned to an Arm or followed a course not described by any planned Arm, ACTARMCD is null and ARMNRS is populated. Exp
ACTARM Description of Actual Arm Char Synonym Qualifier Description of actual Arm. With the exception of studies which use multi-stage Arm assignments, must be a value of ARM in the Trial Arms Dataset. If the subject was not assigned to an Arm or followed a course not described by any planned Arm, ACTARM is null and ARMNRS is populated. Exp
ARMNRS Reason Arm and/or Actual Arm is Null Char Record Qualifier A coded reason that Arm variables (ARM and ARMCD) and/or actual Arm variables (ACTARM and ACTARMCD) are null. Examples: "SCREEN FAILURE", "NOT ASSIGNED", "ASSIGNED, NOT TREATED", "UNPLANNED TREATMENT". It is assumed that if the Arm and actual Arm variables are null, the same reason applies to both Arm and actual Arm. Exp
ACTARMUD Description of Unplanned Actual Arm Char Record Qualifier A description of actual treatment for a subject who did not receive treatment described in one of the planned trial Arms. Exp
COUNTRY Country Char Record Qualifier Country of the investigational site in which the subject participated in the trial. Req
DMDTC Date/Time of Collection Char Timing Date/time of demographic data collection. Perm
DMDY Study Day of Collection Num Timing Study day of collection measured as integer days. Perm