Route of Administration

Preferred Label : Route of Administration;

NCIt synonyms : Route of Drug Administration; Drug Route of Administration;

NCIt related terms : ROUTE; route of administration (ROA); ROUTE_DETAIL; Drug Administration Method;

NCIt definition : Designation of the part of the body through which or into which, or the way in which, the medicinal product is intended to be introduced. In some cases a medicinal product can be intended for more than one route and/or method of administration.;

Alternative definition : CDISC-GLOSS: Path by which the pharmaceutical product is taken into or makes contact with the body. [After ISO 11615:2017, 3.1.76] See also administration (substance), administrable dosage form.; CDISC: The pathway by which a substance is administered in order to reach the site of action in the body.; OORO: Method used to administer the specified chemotherapy medication to the patient.;

NCIt note : Route of administration is primarily determined by the properties of the substance and the therapeutic objectives. The pharmacokinetic parameters of the drug are critically influenced by the route of administration. The major distinction between routes of administration is based on whether the drug takes effect merely in the local area where it is applied, or whether it reaches targeted destination through the systemic circulation. In the latter case, the substance is subject to the possible first-pass metabolism in the lungs, liver, and other organs.;

FDA table : Route of Administration (C-DRG-00301);

Details

Origin ID

C38114;

UMLS CUI

C0013153;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Route [LOINC component]
- Route of administration of drug (attribute) [Inactive SNOMED CT concept]
- Route of administration value (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
- administration routes [PSIP Taxonomy Term]
- route of administration [Radlex concept]
- routing [Blood Transfusion thesaurus concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Medication route [LOINC component]
- Route of administration (attribute) [SNOMED CT concept]
- drug administration routes [MeSH Descriptor]
- drug administration routes [MeSH concept]
- route of administration, nos [SNOMED Notion]
Semantic type(s)
- Functional Concept [UMLS semantic type]
concept_is_in_subset
- CDISC Glossary Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC Protocol Study Product Administration Attribute Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC Protocol Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC Root Variable Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC SDTM Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC SDTM Trial Summary Parameter Long Name Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC SDTM Trial Summary Parameter Short Name Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC SEND Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC SEND Trial Summary Parameter Long Name Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC SEND Trial Summary Parameter Short Name Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Terminology [NCIt concept]
- GDC Property Terminology [NCIt concept]
- GDC Terminology [NCIt concept]
- HL Total Dose Table [NCIt concept]
- HL Variable Terminology [NCIt concept]
- ICDC Property Terminology [NCIt concept]
- ICDC Terminology [NCIt concept]
- NICHD Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Operational Ontology for Radiation Oncology Prostate Cancer Terminology [NCIt concept]

Keyword's position in hierarchy(ies) :

Main resources

You can consult :

recommendations
documents concerning education
documents for patients