ctrFindActiveSubstanceSynonyms {ctrdata} | R Documentation |
Find synonyms of an active substance
Description
An active substance can be identified by a recommended international nonproprietary name (INN), a trade or product name, or a company code(s). To find likely synonyms, the function retrieves from CTGOV2 the field protocolSection.armsInterventionsModule.interventions.otherNames. Note this is not free of error and should be checked manually.
Usage
ctrFindActiveSubstanceSynonyms(activesubstance = "", verbose = FALSE)
Arguments
activesubstance |
An active substance, in an atomic character vector |
verbose |
Print number of studies found in CTGOV2 for 'activesubstance' |
Value
A character vector of the active substance (input parameter) and synonyms, or NULL if active substance was not found and may be invalid
Examples
## Not run:
ctrFindActiveSubstanceSynonyms(activesubstance = "imatinib")
# [1] "imatinib" "Carcemia" "Cemivil"
# [4] "CGP 57148" "CGP-57148B" "CGP57148B"
# [7] "Gleevac" "gleevec" "Gleevec (Imatinib Mesylate)"
# [10] "Glevec" "glivec" "Imatinib"
# [13] "imatinib mesylate" "Imatinib-AFT" "IND # 55666"
# [16] "NSC #716051" "NSC-716051" "QTI571"
# [19] "ST1571" "STI 571" "STI-571"
# [22] "STI571" "tyrosine kinase inhibitors"
## End(Not run)
[Package ctrdata version 1.19.1 Index]