Indroduction

In clinical trials, concomitant medications (ConMed) can be recorded in many different ways ranging from trade (brand) name to nonproprietary names. Due to the variability in how medications are recorded, a standard naming convention is required in order to tabulate (summarize) this data effectively. A common method of standardization is to categorize medications by their Preferred Term. In order to do this, it is suggested that medications be coded using the World Health Organization Drug Dictionary (WHODRUG).

ConMed Solution 2008 is the leading software for coding of concomitant medications. ConMed Solution 2008 software provides easy-to-use interface to assign the preferred term using the drug dictionary in order to verify that coded medications are recorded consistently both within and across studies that are conducted for a clinical program of an investigational drug product.

ConMed Solution 2008 is an excellent tool for performing manual and spreadsheet autoencoding, and creating a coding thesaurus for use by your clinical database. The ConMed Solution 2008 is a companion product to the MedDRA Solution 2008, which provides the same degree of flexibility and intuitive capabilities.

Developed base on WHODRUG dictionary

The WHODRUG dictionary was developed in 1968 in response to a growing need for conducting drug utilization studies at an international level. The dictionary contains information on medications with single or multiple ingredients. Drugs are classified according to the type of drug name being entered, (i.e., proprietary/trade name, nonproprietary name, chemical name, etc.). The WHO Collaborating Center is responsible for the maintenance and distribution of the drug dictionary. Updates to the dictionary are offered four times per year.