Treatment Efficacy

Preferred Label : Treatment Efficacy;

NCIt related terms : clinical efficacy;

NCIt definition : The probability of benefit to individuals in a defined population from a medical technology applied for a given medical problem under ideal conditions of use. Efficacy is a measure of effect of therapy among appropriate patients in whom treatment is tolerated and effectively administered, under the condition of sufficient patients' compliance, usually determined in randomized trials.;

Alternative definition : CDISC-GLOSS: Power or capacity to produce a desired effect (i.e., appropriate pharmacological activity in a specified indication) in humans. [SQA];

Details

Origin ID

C39547;

UMLS CUI

C0087113;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Treatment Efficacy [MeSH concept]
- treatment outcome [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Qualitative Concept [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Treatment Efficacy [MeSH concept]
- Treatment effectiveness [LOINC component]
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- CDISC Glossary Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Terminology [NCIt concept]

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