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International Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Data Sets include core, basic, and
extended data sets. To date, 13 data sets have been published on the Web site of
the International Spinal Cord Injury Society (ISCoS; www.iscos.org.uk), and
several more are forthcoming. The data sets are constituted of data elements,
which may be appropriate to use in trials conducted to test novel therapeutic
candidates including neuroprotective drugs, various cell types, and
rehabilitative strategies and devices. The National Institute of Neurological
Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), embarked
on a Common Data Element (CDE) Project 5 years ago. The mission of the NINDS CDE
Project is to develop data standards for clinical research. The NINDS CDE team
has since developed variable names and database structures for the International
SCI Data Sets (ie, the SCI CDEs;
http://www.commondataelements.ninds.nih.gov/SCI.aspx). Dataset variable names and
database structure are exemplified with the International SCI Core Data Set and
the International SCI Cardiovascular Function Basic Data Set. The consistency of
the data sets and the CDE format may improve the ability to transfer critical
medical information electronically from one center to another. The goals of the
SCI CDE initiative are to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of clinical
research studies and clinical treatment, increase data quality, facilitate data
sharing, and help educate new clinical investigators. Pilot testing the SCI CDEs
is an important step to ensure the SCI CDE effort achieves its goals.

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