A Pragmatic Method to Integrate Data From Preexisting Cohort Studies Using the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) Study Data Tabulation Model: Case Study

Keiichi Matsuzaki   ¹ , MD, PhD ;   Megumi Kitayama   ² , RN, MSc ;   Keiichi Yamamoto   ³ , PhD ;   Rei Aida   ⁴ , MSc ;   Takumi Imai   ⁵ , PhD ;   Mami Ishida   ⁶ , DPH, MD ;   Ritsuko Katafuchi   ^{7, 8} , MD, PhD ;   Tetsuya Kawamura   ⁹ , MD, PhD ;   Takashi Yokoo   ⁹ , MD, PhD ;   Ichiei Narita   ¹⁰ , MD, PhD ;   Yusuke Suzuki   ¹¹ , MD, PhD

¹ Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, Kitasato University, Sagamihara, Japan

² Clinical Study Support Center, Wakayama Medical University Hospital, Wakayama, Japan

³ Translational Research Institute for Medical Innovation, Osaka Dental University, Osaka, Japan

⁴ Department of Medical Statistics, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan

⁵ Clinical & Translational Research Center, Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Japan

⁶ Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

⁷ Kidney Unit, National Hospital Organization Fukuokahigashi Medical Center, Fukuoka, Japan

⁸ Kidney Unit, Medical Corporation Houshikai Kano Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

⁹ Division of Kidney and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

¹⁰ Division of Clinical Nephrology and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan

¹¹ Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan