Exploratory Objective

https://w3id.org/m11-rdf/C217344.C163559

Definition
The exploratory reason for performing a study in terms of the scientific questions to be answered by the analysis of data collected during the study.
Namespace
ICH M11 Section 3 Terminology
ICH pair
2.16.840.1.113883.3.989.2.3.3.3 + C163559 (stated in the Technical Specification)
NCIt concept
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C163559 (EVS identifier)
NCIT_C163559 (OBO PURL)
EVS term
http://rdf.ich.org/ich-terminology#C217344.C163559 (EVS term IRI; does not resolve)
Label from
ICH M11 Terminology, NCI EVS, release 2025-12-19

Specifications in the Technical Specification

One row per component block of Appendix 1 that names this element. Text as printed.

BlockTermSectionConformanceCardinalityData typeValue code listRepeating / reuse
211{<Exploratory Objective>}3.3 Exploratory Objective(s)
3.3.X where X is a unique number for each Exploratory Objective
Conditional: if an Exploratory Objective is part of the trialOne to Table of Contents Number 3.3.X; One to Estimand Characteristic Table, Exploratory Objective <#>, Protocol IdentifierText (D)Yes, repeatable for each numbered Exploratory Objective.

In the ICH M11 Template

SectionFieldTemplatePageLinked by
3.3.1 Exploratory Objective 3.3.1<Enter Exploratory Objective>conditionalp. 29ts-term / verb-dropped / section

Mapping statements to USDM v4

One row per published mapping row that names this element (SSSOM record). The link to the USDM attribute is the mapping publisher's; how the row was tied to this element is in the third column. Paths as given.

SourceUSDM attribute (usdm-rdf)IdentifiedTarget pathCondition
HL7 CSP IG ballot
row 150
SyntaxTemplate-text
stated: Objective.text (attribute name, inherited)
by-codeStudyVersion/@studyDesigns/StudyDesign/@objectives/Objective/@textStudyVersion/@studyDesigns/StudyDesign/@objectives/Objective/@level/Code/@code="C163559"
CDISC DDF-RA v4.0.0
row 154
SyntaxTemplate-text
stated: Objective.text (attribute name, inherited)
by-codeStudyVersion/@studyDesigns/StudyDesign/@objectives/Objective/@textStudyVersion/@studyDesigns/StudyDesign/@objectives/Objective/@level/Code/@code="C163559"

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