The primary objective for developing preclinical common data elements (CDEs) is to produce a well-defined lexicon for describing and reporting how preclinical data are collected with the goal of enhancing rigor, reproducibility and transparency in study performance. The goal of CDEs is to develop a tool to improve standardization of data collection such that experimental details and procedures are reported in a standard transparent manner that allows for rigor and reproducibility. Additionally, it is important for data to be collected, reported and curated in a standardized manner and format that will allow researchers to share data across sites and reuse data for either secondary analyses or big data analyses.
This webpage will host the preclinical CDEs that are currently being developed by the NeuroTrauma PREclinical CDE & Data Standard (NT-PRECEDS) program at NINDS.
Updates and resources from the Program and the final preclinical CDE catalog will be posted here.
For additional information, please contact Dr. Hibah O. Awwad