CDISC
Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium

MISSION AND STRATEGY

CDISC is a global, open, multidisciplinary, non-profit organization that has established standards to support the acquisition, exchange, submission and archive of clinical research data and metadata. The CDISC mission is to develop and support global, platform-independent data standards that enable information system interoperability to improve medical research and related areas of healthcare.   CDISC standards are vendor-neutral, platform-independent and freely available via the CDISC website.

CORE PRINCIPLES

• Lead the development of standards that improve process efficiency while supporting the scientific nature of clinical research.
• Recognize the ultimate goal of creating regulatory submissions that allow for flexibility in scientific content and are easily interpreted, understood, and navigated by regulatory reviewers.
• Acknowledge that the data content, structure and quality of the standard data models are of paramount importance, independent of implementation strategy and platform.
• Maintain a global, multidisciplinary, cross-functional composition for CDISC and its working groups.
• Work with other professional groups to encourage that there is maximum sharing of information and minimum duplication of efforts.
• Provide educational programs on CDISC standards, models, values and benefits.
• Accomplish the CDISC goals and mission without promoting any individual vendor or organization.