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Data Managers Cheat Sheet and Abbreviations.
The Web site "Helping hand guide for data managers" lists the most commonly used abbreviations in BMT.
If you know of abbreviations etc. that are not included on the following list and you think other data managers might benefit form knowing them, please send an e-mail to Hanne,
e-mail address: rh07604@rh.dk
A
Abbreviation = Translation
ABMTR = Autologous Blood and Marrow Transplant Registry
ACC = Accession Number
ACR = American College of Rheumatology
Acyclovir (ACV) = used in relation to Herpes Simplex, Herpes Zoster and CMV
AdEERS = Adverse Event Expedited Reporting System
Adriamycin = Daunomycin
AE = Adverse Event
ALD = AdRenoleukodystrophy
ALL = Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
AML (ANLL) = Acute Myelogenous Leukemia
Amphotericin = Fungizon
Amphotericin lipid formulation = Abelcet, Ambisome, Amphotec
AMY = Amyloidosis
ANA = Anti-nuclear Antibody
ANC = Absolut Neutrophil Count
Anti CD20 = Rituxan
Anti CD25 = Zenapax, Daclizumab, Anti TAC
Antithymocyte globulin = ALG, ALS, AST, ATG
Ara-C = CytArabine
ARDS = Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome
ASBMT = American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation
ATG - Thymoglobulin = Rabbit ATG
ATGAM = Horse ATG
B
Bactrim = Trimethoprim, sulfamethoxazole, Septra
BAL = Bronchoalveolar lavage
BC = Breast Cancer
BCNU = Carmustine
BLPD = B- Cell Lymphoproliferative Disorder
BM = Bone Marrow
BMT = Bone Marrow Transplantation
BSA = Body Surface Area
BOOP = BO, Bronchiolitis obliterens
Busulfan = Myleran
C
Carmustine = BCNU, BiCNU
CBC = Complete Blood Count (wbc, hgb, hct, plt)
CCG = Children´s Cancer Group
CCNU = Lomustine
CCRP = Certified Clinical Research Professional
2-CDA = 2-chloro-deydenosine
CDDP = Cisplatin
Cellcept = Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF)
cGy = Centi Gray
CHAQ= Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire
CHS = Chediak-Higashi Syndrome
CLL = Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
CML = Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
CMV = Cytomegalovirus
CMV (IGG) = pass exposure
CMV (IGM) = present exposure
CNS = Central Nervous System
COG = Children´s Oncology Group
CRA = Clinical Research Associate
CSF = Cerebral Spinal Fluid
CT = Computed Thomography
CTC = Common Toxicity Criteria
CTCAE = Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events
CTEP = Clinical Trials Evaluation Program
CTX = Cytoxan (same as Cyclophosphamide)
CVA = Cerebro Vascular Accident
Cyclosporin = CyA , CSA , CSP, Sandimmune, Neoral
Cytarabine = Ara-C, cytosine arabinoside
D
Dacarbazine = (DTIC)
Dactinomycin = Actinomycin D
Daunorubicin = Adriamycin
DARF = Drug Accountability Record Form
DCI = Donor Cellular Infusion
DCTD = Division of Cancer Therapy and Diagnosis
DEB = Diepoxybutane
Decadron = Dexamethasone
DHBG = Ganvivlover
DLI = Donor Lymphocyte Infusion
DMC = Data Monitoring Committee
DOB = Date of Birth
DTIC = Dacarbazine
E
EBMT = the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation
EBV = EBGAB = Epstein-Barr Virus
ECP = Extra-corporal photopheresis
EF = Ejection Fraction
EKG = Electrocardiogram
EOC = End of Course
Etanercept = Enbrel
ERS = Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate
Erythropoietin = Epogen, Derbepoietin
Etoposide = VP-16
F
FAN = Fanconi Anemia
FDA = Food and Drug Administration
FEHL = Familial Erythrohemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis
FK 506 = Tacrolimus, Prograf
FISH= fluorescence in situ hybridization
Fluconazole used as fungal prophylaxis
5-FU = 5-Fluoruiacil
FVC = Forced Vital Capacity
G
GCP = Good Clinical Practice
GI = Gastrointestinal Tract
GIST = Gastro Intestinal Stomal Tumor
G-CSF = Neupogen, Neulasta, Filgrastim
GvHD = Graft-vs-Host Disease (aGvHD = Acute, cGvHD = Chronic)
GU= genitourinary
GY = Gray
H
HAV = Hepatitis A
HBV = Hepatitis B
HAQ = Health Assessment Questionnaire
HbsAb = Core Antibody Hep B
HbsAg = antigen Hep B surface
HCV= Hepatitis C
Hepatomegaly = Increased liver size
Herpes Zoster = Chicken pox, Varicella
HHV-6=Human Herpesvirus-6
HIC = Hepatic Iron Content
HIPAA = the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
HIV = Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HLA= human leukocyte antigen
HSCT = Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant
HSV 1, HSV 2 = Herpes Simplex
HTLV-1 = human t-cell leukemia virus type 1
HUS = Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
HVA = HormoVanillic Acid
I
IBMTR = International Bone Marrow Transplant Registry
ICH = International Committee on Harmonisation
ID = Immune Disorder/Deficiency
IL-2 = Interleukin - 2
IL7 = Interleukin - 7
IND = Investigational Drug Branch
IPn = Interstitial pneumonitis
IRB = Institutional Review Board
IT = Intrathecal
ITP = Ideopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpure
IUBMID = Institutional Unique Blood or Marrow Transplant Identification Number
IVIG = Intra Venous Immune globulin
J
JMM = JMML, JCML, Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia
JAR = Juvenil Ideopatic Arthritis
K
KGF-2 = Repifermin
L
LCD = Last Contact Date
LCH = Langerhans Cell Histocytosis (Histocytosis-X)
LDS = Leukodystrophies
Liver enzyms = Alk phos, ALT, AST, LDH, GGT
L-PAM = Mephalan
M
MAC = Waldenstrom´s Macroglobulinemia
MCV = Mean Corposular Volumen
MDL = Metachromatic Leukodystrophy
MDS = Myelodysplastic
Methylprednisolone = Corticosteroids (prevent GVDH)
6-MP = Mercaptopurine
MPS = Myeloproliferative Syndrome
MRI = Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MS = Multiple Sclerosis
MTD = Maximum Tolerated Dose
MTED = Transplant Essential Data Modified
MTX = Methotrexate, Amerhopterin
MUC = Mucopolysaccharidosis
MYE, MM = Multiple Myeloma
Mylotarg = Gemtuzumab
N
NCI = National Cancer Institute
NEU = Neuroblastoma
Neutropenia = Decrease in neutrophils
NHL = Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
NK-Cells = Natural Killer Cells
NMDP = National Marrow Donor Program
NOS = Not Otherwise Specified
NSAIDS = Non-Steroidal Anti-inflamatory Drugs
O
OKT3 = Orhoclone
OST = Osteopetrosis
OV = Ovarian Cancer
P
Pancytopenia = Decrease WBC, RBC, Plts
PASAT = Paced Audoitory Serial Addition Test
PB = Peripheral Blood
PCD = Plasma Cell Disorder
PCR = Polymerase Chain Reaction
PCP = Pneumocystis Carinii
Pentamidine, Bactrim, Septra = all prevent Pneumocystis (PCP) lung disease
PET scan = Positron Emission Tomography Scan
PFT = Pulmonary Function Test
Ph = Philadelphia Chromosome
PI = Principal Investigator
PLL = Prolymphocytic Leukemia
PMB = Pharmaceutical Management Branch
PNH = Paroxysomal Noctural Hemoglobinuria
POEMS = Plasma Cell Disorder and should be reported as "PCD Other specify: POEMS". It is an acronymn which stands for: Plasma Cell Dyscrasia with Polyneuropathy, Organomegaly, Endocrinopathy, Monoclonal (M) Protein and Skin changes (POEMS).
POG = Pediatric Oncology Group
Pre-reg = Pre-Registration
PTLD = Posttransplant Lymphoprolifractive Disorder
PUVA = Psoralen and UVA
Q
R
RA = Refractory Anemia
RAEB = Refractory Anemia with Excess Blasts
RAEB-t = Refractory Anemia with Excess Blasts in transformation
Rapamycin = Rapamune, Sirolimus
RARS = Acquired Ideopathic Sideroblastic Anemia
RBC = Red blood cell
RC = Renal Cancer
RDE = Remote Data Entry
REV = Forced Expiratory Flow Rate
Remicade = Infliximab
RF = Rheumatoid Factor or Report Forms
Rituximab = Rituxan
RSV = Respiratory Syncytial Virus
Rubeola = Measels
Rubella = Gernam Measels
S
SAA, APL = Severe Aplastic Anemia
SAE = Serious Adverse Event
SAR = Sarcoma
SCA = Sickel Cell Anemia
SCF = Stem Cell Factor
SCL = Small Cell Lung Cancer
SDO = Study Development Office (COG)
Segs (polys) + bands = Neutrophils (granulocytes)
SF = Shortening Fraction
SIADH = Syndrome of in appropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion
SLE = Systemic Lupus Erythematosis
SOP = Standard Operating Procedure
Splenomegaly = increase size of spleen
SSC = Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
STI571 = Gleevec, Imatinib, Mesylate
T
Taxol = Paclitaxel
TB = Tuberculosis
TBI = Total body Irradiation
TC = Testicular Cancer
TED = Transplant Essential Data
TEDFU = Transplant Essential Data Follow-up
Thioguanine = 6-TG
Thiotepa = Thioplex
Thrombocytopenia = Decrease in platelets
TLC = Total Lung Capacity
TLI = Total Lymphnode Irradiation
TNF = Anti-Tumor necrosis Factor
TSH = Thyroid Stimulating Hormone
TTP = Microangiopathythrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
TX = Transplantation, Treatment
U
V
VAM = Vanilrnandelic acid
VATS = Video Assisted Thorascopic Surgery
VC = Vital Capacity, or color vision or etoposide or carboplatin or pulmonary capillary blood volume or vena cava or vocal cords or venous catheter
VC = Vial Capacity
VCR = Vincristine, Oncovin
VLCFA = Very-Long-Chain fatty acid
Vinblastine = Velban
VM26 = Teniposide
VOD = Veno-occlusive Disease
VP-16 = Etoposide
W
WAS = Wiskott Aldrich Syndrome
WBC = White Blood Cell
X
XX = female sex chromosomes (46, XX = normal female)
XY = male sex chromosomes (46, XY = normal male)
Y
Z
The Web site "Helping hand guide for data managers" lists the most commonly used abbreviations in BMT.
If you know of abbreviations etc. that are not included on the following list and you think other data managers might benefit form knowing them, please send an e-mail to Hanne,
e-mail address: rh07604@rh.dk
A
Abbreviation = Translation
ABMTR = Autologous Blood and Marrow Transplant Registry
ACC = Accession Number
ACR = American College of Rheumatology
Acyclovir (ACV) = used in relation to Herpes Simplex, Herpes Zoster and CMV
AdEERS = Adverse Event Expedited Reporting System
Adriamycin = Daunomycin
AE = Adverse Event
ALD = AdRenoleukodystrophy
ALL = Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
AML (ANLL) = Acute Myelogenous Leukemia
Amphotericin = Fungizon
Amphotericin lipid formulation = Abelcet, Ambisome, Amphotec
AMY = Amyloidosis
ANA = Anti-nuclear Antibody
ANC = Absolut Neutrophil Count
Anti CD20 = Rituxan
Anti CD25 = Zenapax, Daclizumab, Anti TAC
Antithymocyte globulin = ALG, ALS, AST, ATG
Ara-C = CytArabine
ARDS = Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome
ASBMT = American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation
ATG - Thymoglobulin = Rabbit ATG
ATGAM = Horse ATG
B
Bactrim = Trimethoprim, sulfamethoxazole, Septra
BAL = Bronchoalveolar lavage
BC = Breast Cancer
BCNU = Carmustine
BLPD = B- Cell Lymphoproliferative Disorder
BM = Bone Marrow
BMT = Bone Marrow Transplantation
BSA = Body Surface Area
BOOP = BO, Bronchiolitis obliterens
Busulfan = Myleran
C
Carmustine = BCNU, BiCNU
CBC = Complete Blood Count (wbc, hgb, hct, plt)
CCG = Children´s Cancer Group
CCNU = Lomustine
CCRP = Certified Clinical Research Professional
2-CDA = 2-chloro-deydenosine
CDDP = Cisplatin
Cellcept = Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF)
cGy = Centi Gray
CHAQ= Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire
CHS = Chediak-Higashi Syndrome
CLL = Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
CML = Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
CMV = Cytomegalovirus
CMV (IGG) = pass exposure
CMV (IGM) = present exposure
CNS = Central Nervous System
COG = Children´s Oncology Group
CRA = Clinical Research Associate
CSF = Cerebral Spinal Fluid
CT = Computed Thomography
CTC = Common Toxicity Criteria
CTCAE = Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events
CTEP = Clinical Trials Evaluation Program
CTX = Cytoxan (same as Cyclophosphamide)
CVA = Cerebro Vascular Accident
Cyclosporin = CyA , CSA , CSP, Sandimmune, Neoral
Cytarabine = Ara-C, cytosine arabinoside
D
Dacarbazine = (DTIC)
Dactinomycin = Actinomycin D
Daunorubicin = Adriamycin
DARF = Drug Accountability Record Form
DCI = Donor Cellular Infusion
DCTD = Division of Cancer Therapy and Diagnosis
DEB = Diepoxybutane
Decadron = Dexamethasone
DHBG = Ganvivlover
DLI = Donor Lymphocyte Infusion
DMC = Data Monitoring Committee
DOB = Date of Birth
DTIC = Dacarbazine
E
EBMT = the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation
EBV = EBGAB = Epstein-Barr Virus
ECP = Extra-corporal photopheresis
EF = Ejection Fraction
EKG = Electrocardiogram
EOC = End of Course
Etanercept = Enbrel
ERS = Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate
Erythropoietin = Epogen, Derbepoietin
Etoposide = VP-16
F
FAN = Fanconi Anemia
FDA = Food and Drug Administration
FEHL = Familial Erythrohemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis
FK 506 = Tacrolimus, Prograf
FISH= fluorescence in situ hybridization
Fluconazole used as fungal prophylaxis
5-FU = 5-Fluoruiacil
FVC = Forced Vital Capacity
G
GCP = Good Clinical Practice
GI = Gastrointestinal Tract
GIST = Gastro Intestinal Stomal Tumor
G-CSF = Neupogen, Neulasta, Filgrastim
GvHD = Graft-vs-Host Disease (aGvHD = Acute, cGvHD = Chronic)
GU= genitourinary
GY = Gray
H
HAV = Hepatitis A
HBV = Hepatitis B
HAQ = Health Assessment Questionnaire
HbsAb = Core Antibody Hep B
HbsAg = antigen Hep B surface
HCV= Hepatitis C
Hepatomegaly = Increased liver size
Herpes Zoster = Chicken pox, Varicella
HHV-6=Human Herpesvirus-6
HIC = Hepatic Iron Content
HIPAA = the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
HIV = Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HLA= human leukocyte antigen
HSCT = Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant
HSV 1, HSV 2 = Herpes Simplex
HTLV-1 = human t-cell leukemia virus type 1
HUS = Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
HVA = HormoVanillic Acid
I
IBMTR = International Bone Marrow Transplant Registry
ICH = International Committee on Harmonisation
ID = Immune Disorder/Deficiency
IL-2 = Interleukin - 2
IL7 = Interleukin - 7
IND = Investigational Drug Branch
IPn = Interstitial pneumonitis
IRB = Institutional Review Board
IT = Intrathecal
ITP = Ideopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpure
IUBMID = Institutional Unique Blood or Marrow Transplant Identification Number
IVIG = Intra Venous Immune globulin
J
JMM = JMML, JCML, Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia
JAR = Juvenil Ideopatic Arthritis
K
KGF-2 = Repifermin
L
LCD = Last Contact Date
LCH = Langerhans Cell Histocytosis (Histocytosis-X)
LDS = Leukodystrophies
Liver enzyms = Alk phos, ALT, AST, LDH, GGT
L-PAM = Mephalan
M
MAC = Waldenstrom´s Macroglobulinemia
MCV = Mean Corposular Volumen
MDL = Metachromatic Leukodystrophy
MDS = Myelodysplastic
Methylprednisolone = Corticosteroids (prevent GVDH)
6-MP = Mercaptopurine
MPS = Myeloproliferative Syndrome
MRI = Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MS = Multiple Sclerosis
MTD = Maximum Tolerated Dose
MTED = Transplant Essential Data Modified
MTX = Methotrexate, Amerhopterin
MUC = Mucopolysaccharidosis
MYE, MM = Multiple Myeloma
Mylotarg = Gemtuzumab
N
NCI = National Cancer Institute
NEU = Neuroblastoma
Neutropenia = Decrease in neutrophils
NHL = Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
NK-Cells = Natural Killer Cells
NMDP = National Marrow Donor Program
NOS = Not Otherwise Specified
NSAIDS = Non-Steroidal Anti-inflamatory Drugs
O
OKT3 = Orhoclone
OST = Osteopetrosis
OV = Ovarian Cancer
P
Pancytopenia = Decrease WBC, RBC, Plts
PASAT = Paced Audoitory Serial Addition Test
PB = Peripheral Blood
PCD = Plasma Cell Disorder
PCR = Polymerase Chain Reaction
PCP = Pneumocystis Carinii
Pentamidine, Bactrim, Septra = all prevent Pneumocystis (PCP) lung disease
PET scan = Positron Emission Tomography Scan
PFT = Pulmonary Function Test
Ph = Philadelphia Chromosome
PI = Principal Investigator
PLL = Prolymphocytic Leukemia
PMB = Pharmaceutical Management Branch
PNH = Paroxysomal Noctural Hemoglobinuria
POEMS = Plasma Cell Disorder and should be reported as "PCD Other specify: POEMS". It is an acronymn which stands for: Plasma Cell Dyscrasia with Polyneuropathy, Organomegaly, Endocrinopathy, Monoclonal (M) Protein and Skin changes (POEMS).
POG = Pediatric Oncology Group
Pre-reg = Pre-Registration
PTLD = Posttransplant Lymphoprolifractive Disorder
PUVA = Psoralen and UVA
Q
R
RA = Refractory Anemia
RAEB = Refractory Anemia with Excess Blasts
RAEB-t = Refractory Anemia with Excess Blasts in transformation
Rapamycin = Rapamune, Sirolimus
RARS = Acquired Ideopathic Sideroblastic Anemia
RBC = Red blood cell
RC = Renal Cancer
RDE = Remote Data Entry
REV = Forced Expiratory Flow Rate
Remicade = Infliximab
RF = Rheumatoid Factor or Report Forms
Rituximab = Rituxan
RSV = Respiratory Syncytial Virus
Rubeola = Measels
Rubella = Gernam Measels
S
SAA, APL = Severe Aplastic Anemia
SAE = Serious Adverse Event
SAR = Sarcoma
SCA = Sickel Cell Anemia
SCF = Stem Cell Factor
SCL = Small Cell Lung Cancer
SDO = Study Development Office (COG)
Segs (polys) + bands = Neutrophils (granulocytes)
SF = Shortening Fraction
SIADH = Syndrome of in appropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion
SLE = Systemic Lupus Erythematosis
SOP = Standard Operating Procedure
Splenomegaly = increase size of spleen
SSC = Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
STI571 = Gleevec, Imatinib, Mesylate
T
Taxol = Paclitaxel
TB = Tuberculosis
TBI = Total body Irradiation
TC = Testicular Cancer
TED = Transplant Essential Data
TEDFU = Transplant Essential Data Follow-up
Thioguanine = 6-TG
Thiotepa = Thioplex
Thrombocytopenia = Decrease in platelets
TLC = Total Lung Capacity
TLI = Total Lymphnode Irradiation
TNF = Anti-Tumor necrosis Factor
TSH = Thyroid Stimulating Hormone
TTP = Microangiopathythrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
TX = Transplantation, Treatment
U
V
VAM = Vanilrnandelic acid
VATS = Video Assisted Thorascopic Surgery
VC = Vital Capacity, or color vision or etoposide or carboplatin or pulmonary capillary blood volume or vena cava or vocal cords or venous catheter
VC = Vial Capacity
VCR = Vincristine, Oncovin
VLCFA = Very-Long-Chain fatty acid
Vinblastine = Velban
VM26 = Teniposide
VOD = Veno-occlusive Disease
VP-16 = Etoposide
W
WAS = Wiskott Aldrich Syndrome
WBC = White Blood Cell
X
XX = female sex chromosomes (46, XX = normal female)
XY = male sex chromosomes (46, XY = normal male)
Y
Z
