Approaches to the definition of
common data elements
EPIRARE
Rare Disease and Orphan Drug Registries
EPIRARE International workshop
October 8-9, 2012
Italian National Institute of Health
Rome (Italy)
The French Minimum Data Set for
Rare Diseases : a 3-step method

P. Landais,
A. de Carrara, C. Messiaen, M. Macabiau,
JP. Necker, A. Priouzeau and R. Choquet

and the 131 French reference centers for rare diseases
Supported by the French ministry of Health
28 février 2011
Axis A
Improve the quality of patient ’s
care
A1- Improve the access to diagnosis et care
A-1- 4 Coordinate the «rare diseases» structures with a
shared information system
Axis B
DEVELOP RESEARCH ON RD
B-1 Create a national structure to impulse
rechesearch with public and private partners
B-1-1 Create a foundation dedicated to rare diseases
Two complementary programs
RaDiCo
Research

BaMaRa
Public health

Minimum data set
All patients
Groups

1

Cohorts (Phenomics)
Subgroups of patients

CRMR1
CRMR2
CRMR3

t0

t1

t2

t3

t4

CRMR4
CRMR5

2

CRMR6
CRMR7

t0

t1

t2

t3

t4

t5

t6

CRMR8

3

CRMR9

t0

CRMR10

….

t1

t3

t4

t6

t5

CRMRn
CRMRn+1

t0

CRMR128

18

t2

t1

t2

t3

t4

t5

CRMR129
CRMR130
CRMR131

t0

t1

t2

t3

t4

t5

t6
A joint information system for BaMaRa and RaDiCo
Program

BaMaRa

RaDiCo
Grand emprunt

Context
Ministry

Ministry of Health

Gestion

DGOS -> APHP

Objective

Public Health

Governance

Paul Landais

Budget

0,5M€/y/5 years

Ministère of Research

Inserm -> Foundation
RD
Research
S.Amselem A.Clement
P.Landais
0,95M€/y/10 years

Shared gestion
Shared gestion

Shared resources

Joint Information System
Joint Information System

ISy-rare
Building the RD Minimum data set: a 3 step
approach

Svensson-Ranallo PA, Adam TJ & Sainfort F AMIA Summits Transl Sci Proc 2011;2011:54-8
step 1 : collecting the existing material

MDS working
group

Existing
MDS

Scientific
Literature

131 centers of
reference
Step 1 : needs gathered from the French
centers of reference
Orphan drugs
Anthropometric data

Imaging
Clinic

Biology
Diagnostic

Anatomo-pathologic

Administrative

Other
Biological sample
Clinical trial
participation
Genetic
Evolution data
Epidemiologic
Socioeconomical

Reproduction history
Family history
step 2: filtering MDS 0.1
BNDMR ministry
office working
group

Survey 1

MDS working
group

Survey 1

131 centers of
reference
step 3: content definition and standardization
BNDMR ministry
office working
group

Survey 2

MDS working
group

Survey 2

131 centers of
reference

Standards :
HL7, SNOMED,
Orphanet,
OMIM, HPO,
SNOMED
9 groups of items were retained

 Patient identification

 Treatment

 Structure of the care unit

 Activity

 Contextual information

 Ante and neonatal
information

 Diagnosis
 Consent
 Research samples
Standards of coding
 Standardisation : the use of standards to discard artifacts
(data elements, or information models) and qualify content
(coding item)

 Standards for information models/data elements:
 SNOMED (3.5, CT)
 HL7
 openEHR (EN 13606)

 Terminologies:






Clinical Terms : LOINC, SNOMED CT
Orphan drugs : RxNorm, ATC, Theriaque, Vidal, Orphanet
Diagnostic MR : Orphanet
Signs : HPO (CIM10, signs to be validated)
Genes : OMIM, GenATLAS, Ensembl

Approaches to the definition of common data elements

  • 1.
    Approaches to thedefinition of common data elements EPIRARE Rare Disease and Orphan Drug Registries EPIRARE International workshop October 8-9, 2012 Italian National Institute of Health Rome (Italy)
  • 2.
    The French MinimumData Set for Rare Diseases : a 3-step method P. Landais, A. de Carrara, C. Messiaen, M. Macabiau, JP. Necker, A. Priouzeau and R. Choquet and the 131 French reference centers for rare diseases Supported by the French ministry of Health
  • 3.
  • 4.
    Axis A Improve thequality of patient ’s care A1- Improve the access to diagnosis et care A-1- 4 Coordinate the «rare diseases» structures with a shared information system
  • 5.
    Axis B DEVELOP RESEARCHON RD B-1 Create a national structure to impulse rechesearch with public and private partners B-1-1 Create a foundation dedicated to rare diseases
  • 6.
    Two complementary programs RaDiCo Research BaMaRa Publichealth Minimum data set All patients Groups 1 Cohorts (Phenomics) Subgroups of patients CRMR1 CRMR2 CRMR3 t0 t1 t2 t3 t4 CRMR4 CRMR5 2 CRMR6 CRMR7 t0 t1 t2 t3 t4 t5 t6 CRMR8 3 CRMR9 t0 CRMR10 …. t1 t3 t4 t6 t5 CRMRn CRMRn+1 t0 CRMR128 18 t2 t1 t2 t3 t4 t5 CRMR129 CRMR130 CRMR131 t0 t1 t2 t3 t4 t5 t6
  • 7.
    A joint informationsystem for BaMaRa and RaDiCo Program BaMaRa RaDiCo Grand emprunt Context Ministry Ministry of Health Gestion DGOS -> APHP Objective Public Health Governance Paul Landais Budget 0,5M€/y/5 years Ministère of Research Inserm -> Foundation RD Research S.Amselem A.Clement P.Landais 0,95M€/y/10 years Shared gestion Shared gestion Shared resources Joint Information System Joint Information System ISy-rare
  • 8.
    Building the RDMinimum data set: a 3 step approach Svensson-Ranallo PA, Adam TJ & Sainfort F AMIA Summits Transl Sci Proc 2011;2011:54-8
  • 9.
    step 1 :collecting the existing material MDS working group Existing MDS Scientific Literature 131 centers of reference
  • 10.
    Step 1 :needs gathered from the French centers of reference Orphan drugs Anthropometric data Imaging Clinic Biology Diagnostic Anatomo-pathologic Administrative Other Biological sample Clinical trial participation Genetic Evolution data Epidemiologic Socioeconomical Reproduction history Family history
  • 11.
    step 2: filteringMDS 0.1 BNDMR ministry office working group Survey 1 MDS working group Survey 1 131 centers of reference
  • 12.
    step 3: contentdefinition and standardization BNDMR ministry office working group Survey 2 MDS working group Survey 2 131 centers of reference Standards : HL7, SNOMED, Orphanet, OMIM, HPO, SNOMED
  • 13.
    9 groups ofitems were retained  Patient identification  Treatment  Structure of the care unit  Activity  Contextual information  Ante and neonatal information  Diagnosis  Consent  Research samples
  • 14.
    Standards of coding Standardisation : the use of standards to discard artifacts (data elements, or information models) and qualify content (coding item)  Standards for information models/data elements:  SNOMED (3.5, CT)  HL7  openEHR (EN 13606)  Terminologies:      Clinical Terms : LOINC, SNOMED CT Orphan drugs : RxNorm, ATC, Theriaque, Vidal, Orphanet Diagnostic MR : Orphanet Signs : HPO (CIM10, signs to be validated) Genes : OMIM, GenATLAS, Ensembl