Retrieve and Analyze Clinical Trials Data from Public Registers


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Documentation for package ‘ctrdata’ version 1.24.1

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ctrdata Getting started, database connection, function overview
ctrdata-registers Information on clinical trial registers
ctrdata-trial-concepts Trial concepts implemented across registers
ctrFindActiveSubstanceSynonyms Find synonyms of an active substance
ctrGenerateQueries Generates queries that work across registers
ctrGetQueryUrl Get register name and query parameters from search URL
ctrLoadQueryIntoDb Load and store register trial information
ctrOpenSearchPagesInBrowser Open register to show query results or search page
ctrShowOneTrial Show full structure and all data of a trial
dbFindFields Find names of fields in the database collection
dbFindIdsUniqueTrials Get identifiers of deduplicated trial records
dbGetFieldsIntoDf Create data frame of specified fields or trial concepts from database collection
dbQueryHistory Show history of queries loaded into collection
dfMergeVariablesRelevel Merge variables, keeping type where possible, optionally relevel factors
dfName2Value Get value for variable of interest
dfTrials2Long Convert data frame with trial records into long format
f.assignmentType Calculate type of assignment to intervention in a study
f.controlType Calculate type of control data collected in a study
f.externalLinks Calculate the external references from a study's register record
f.hasResults Calculate if a study's results are available
f.isMedIntervTrial Calculate if study is a medicine-interventional study
f.isUniqueTrial Calculate if record is unique for a study
f.likelyPlatformTrial Calculate if study is likely a platform trial or not
f.numSites Calculate number of sites of a study
f.numTestArmsSubstances Calculate number of arms or groups with investigational medicines in a study
f.primaryEndpointDescription Calculate details of a primary endpoint of a study
f.primaryEndpointResults Calculate details of a study's primary endpoint analysis and testing
f.resultsDate Calculate date of results of a study
f.sampleSize Calculate sample size of a study
f.sponsorType Calculate type of sponsor of a study
f.startDate Calculate start date of a study
f.statusRecruitment Calculate status of recruitment of a study
f.trialObjectives Calculate objectives of a study
f.trialPhase Calculate phase of a clinical trial
f.trialPopulation Calculate in- and exclusion criteria and age groups
f.trialTitle Calculate the title of a study