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Planned Contingent On Relationship
Definition 1
A relationship between a planned activity and one of the following where all activities are intended to occur at some point in the course of a particular study: Another planned activity where the source activity does not occur unless the target activity has occurred; The defined outcome of another planned activity where the source activity does not occur unless the target activity outcome has occurred; A planned group of other criteria that may be composed of a mix of other activities, observation results and/or other groups. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
A relationship between a planned activity and one of the following where all activities are intended to occur at some point in the course of a particular study:- another planned activity where the source activity does not occur unless the target activity has occurred- the defined outcome of another planned activity where the source activity does not occur unless the target activity outcome has occurred- a planned group of other criteria that may be composed of a mix of other activities, observation results and/or other groups Example: Only perform a certain lab test if drug X was administered. (target = another activity); Only perform a substance administration of drug X if the blood pressure was over some threshold number. (target = observation result from another activity that is an observation); Only perform a substance administration of drug Y if the blood pressure was over some threshold number and either the result of a certain lab test was positive or the subject's temperature was elevated, i.e. "(A and (B or C))". (NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)