Name Steward Organization Suggested Domain Suggested Domain Description Cde Group Classification
MS diagnostic criterion type NINDS Disease characterization
Including Alzheimer's Disease (AD)/AD-Related Dementias (ADRD) diagnosis and multiple chronic conditions (MCCs)
NIH CDEs
  • NINDS
    • Disease
      • Multiple Sclerosis
        • Classification
          • Supplemental
        • Domain
          • Disease/Injury Related Events
            • Classification
    • Domain
      • Disease/Injury Related Events
        • Classification
    • Population
      • Adult
      • Pediatric

# Datatype
Value List

# Permissible value Value meaning name Value meaning definition
PPMS, 1 year of disease progression plus 2 of 3 of following: 1) Evidence for DIS in brain based on >= 1 T2 lesions in MS-characteristic regions, 2) Evidence for DIS in spinal cord, 3) Positive CSF PPMS, 1 year of disease progression plus 2 of 3 of following: 1) Evidence for DIS in brain based on >= 1 T2 lesions in MS-characteristic regions, 2) Evidence for DIS in spinal cord, 3) Positive CSF Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis, 1 year of disease progression (retrospectively or prospectively determined) plus 2 of 3 of the following: (1) Evidence for DIS in the brain based on >= 1 T2 lesions in the MS-characteristic (periventricular, juxtacortical, or infratentorial) regions, (2) Evidence for DIS in the spinal cord based on >= 2 T2 lesions in the cord, (3) Positive CSF (isoelectric focusing evidence of oligoclonal bands and/or elevated IgG index)
PRMS, Progressive disease from onset, with clear acute relapses, with or without full recovery, periods between relapses characterized by continuing progression PRMS, Progressive disease from onset, with clear acute relapses, with or without full recovery, periods between relapses characterized by continuing progression Progressive Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis, Progressive disease from onset, with clear acute relapses, with or without full recovery, periods between relapses characterized by continuing progression
RRMS, 1 attack, objective clinical evidence of 1 lesion (clinically isolated syndrome) RRMS, 1 attack, objective clinical evidence of 1 lesion (clinically isolated syndrome) Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis, 1 attack, objective clinical evidence of 1 lesion (clinically isolated syndrome) [Dissemination in space and time, demonstrated by: >= 1 T2 lesion in at least 2 of 4 MS-typical regions of the CNS (periventricular, juxtacortical, infratentorial, or spinal cord)| and For DIT: Simultaneous presence of asymptomatic gadolinium-enhancing and nonenhancing lesions at any time, or A new T2 and/or gadolinium-enhancing lesion(s) on follow-up MRI, irrespective of its timing with reference to a baseline scan]
RRMS, 1 attack, objective clinical evidence of >= 2 lesions RRMS, 1 attack, objective clinical evidence of >= 2 lesions Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis, 1 attack, objective clinical evidence of >= 2 lesions [Dissemination in time, demonstrated by: Simultaneous presence of asymptomatic gadolinium-enhancing and nonenhancing lesions at any time, or A new T2 and/or gadolinium-enhancing lesion(s) on follow-up MRI, irrespective of its timing with reference to a baseline scan]
RRMS, >= 2 attacks, objective clinical evidence of 1 lesion RRMS, >= 2 attacks, objective clinical evidence of 1 lesion Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis, >= 2 attacks, objective clinical evidence of 1 lesion [Dissemination in space demonstrated by: >= 1 T2 lesion in at least 2 of 4 MS-typical regions of the CNS (periventricular, juxtacortical, infratentorial, or spinal cord)]
RRMS, >= 2 attacks, objective clinical evidence of >= 2 lesions or objective clinical evidence of 1 lesion with reasonable historical evidence of a prior attack RRMS, >= 2 attacks, objective clinical evidence of >= 2 lesions or objective clinical evidence of 1 lesion with reasonable historical evidence of a prior attack Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis, >= 2 attacks, objective clinical evidence of >= 2 lesions or objective clinical evidence of 1 lesion with reasonable historical evidence of a prior attack
SPMS, Initial RR disease course followed by progression with or without occasional relapses, minor remissions, and plateaus SPMS, Initial RR disease course followed by progression with or without occasional relapses, minor remissions, and plateaus Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis, Initial Relapsing Remitting disease course followed by progression with or without occasional relapses, minor remissions, and plateaus

# Definition
Diagnostic criteria the participant/subject diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) fulfills

# Designation
MS diagnostic criterion type

# Identifier Origin Version
C16129 NINDS 3
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MSDiagnosCriterionTyp BRICS Variable Name N/A