Proactive MedDRA Maintenance

Beginning in 2011, the MSSO is taking a more proactive approach to MedDRA maintenance.  

What is Proactive MedDRA Maintenance?

In part, proactive maintenance means the MSSO may make corrections or improvements to MedDRA that we identify without receiving specific change requests from users. Another part of proactivity relates to making more general changes to MedDRA – perhaps correcting a series of outdated terms or addressing an area of inconsistency – based on user input outside the change request process.

Submitting your ideas for proactive maintenance

The MSSO is interested to hear any ideas you may have about “proactive” improvements to MedDRA. Please e-mail your ideas for “proactive” improvements to MedDRA to the MSSO Help Desk. Be as specific as possible in describing your idea.

Examples:

“Please identify all HLTs with only one PT and determine if the PT can be consolidated into other existing HLTs. Consolidating these ‘single’ PTs into existing HLTs could work to improve safety signal strength.”

“There seems to be at the PT level inconsistency in the use of post-operative and post-procedural terms. It would be helpful for coders and would reduce their degree of effort and search time if these terms could be made consistent on one level of MedDRA.”

A justification for submitted ideas (as illustrated in the examples above) would be appreciated.

Evaluating proactive maintenance proposals

The MSSO will evaluate all input received for potential implementation in a future version of MedDRA.

Please keep the following in mind:

•  Unlike the change request process – the MSSO will not be obligated to respond to users on the disposition of their submitted “proactivity” ideas.

•  The “proactivity” approach does not take the place of usual change requests for individual changes in MedDRA. The MSSO will not process individual change requests submitted as “proactivity” ideas.

Current proactive maintenance proposals

Please click here for the latest information on proactive maintenance proposals.