For researchers submitting trial data to ClinicalTrials.gov, the Adverse Events module is one of four mandatory results sections. It requires reporting in three primary categories: All-Cause Mortality: A table tracking all deaths that occurred during the study, regardless of cause. Serious Adverse Events (SAEs): A tabular summary of events resulting in death, life-threatening conditions, hospitalization, or significant disability. Other Adverse Events: A table for non-serious events that exceed a specific frequency threshold, such as 5% within any study arm.
Adverse Events Module path is as follows:
Study -> Results Section -> Adverse Events Module -> Event Groups
Study -> Results Section -> Adverse Events Module -> Serious Events
Study -> Results Section -> Adverse Events Module -> Other Events
| Term | Type | Organ System | Vocab | View |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Death | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | General disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Death | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Infections and infestations | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Other - Had fall and fractured left shoulder and had a concussion | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Injury, poisoning and procedural complications | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Other - Flexion Instability | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Other - Left Hip Revision | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Other - Severe Low Back Pain | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Other - Death | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Neoplasms benign, malignant and unspecified (incl cysts and polyps) | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Other - Ovarian Cancer | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Neoplasms benign, malignant and unspecified (incl cysts and polyps) | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Other - Stage 4 Terminal Cancer | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Neoplasms benign, malignant and unspecified (incl cysts and polyps) | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Other - Stage 4 Cancer | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Neoplasms benign, malignant and unspecified (incl cysts and polyps) | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Other - Death | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Respiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Other - Death | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Social circumstances | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Other - Follow-up Left Knee Arthroscope | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Surgical and medical procedures | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Other - Glioblastoma | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Neoplasms benign, malignant and unspecified (incl cysts and polyps) | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Other - Fall Injured Quad Repair | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Surgical and medical procedures | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Dislocation | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Product Issues | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Loosening | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Product Issues | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Central Nervous System | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Nervous system disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Term | Type | Organ System | Vocab | View |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiovascular | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Cardiac disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Other-Syncope Weakness | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Cardiac disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Gastrointestinal | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Gastrointestinal disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Musculoskeletal | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | General disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Infection | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Infections and infestations | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Central Nervous System | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Infections and infestations | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Musculoskeletal | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Infections and infestations | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Other-Positive Nasal Culture for MRSA | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Infections and infestations | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Wound Problem | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Infections and infestations | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Musculoskeletal | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Injury, poisoning and procedural complications | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Endocrine/Metabolic | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Metabolism and nutrition disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Central Nervous System | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Endocrine/Metabolic | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Extensor Mechanism | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Musculoskeletal | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Other- Feeling of Instability | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Other-Follow-up right knee arthroscope | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Other- Grade 1 Strain Medial Collateral Ligament | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Other-Inflamed bursa over Gerdy's Tubercle | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Other-Mild Limp Secondary to Stiffness | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Other- Patella Tendonitis | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Other- Patella Clunk | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Other- Pes Bursitis; ITB syndrome | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Other- Pesanserinus Tendonitis | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Other- Pre Patellar Bursitis with Peri Patellar tenderness | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Other- Routine F/U to Bilateral knee arthroscopic debulking | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Other- F/U Right Knee Arthroscope | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| other- Right Ankle Pain | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Other- Subject has continuous right knee pain (non-surgical knee) | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Other- Synovitis | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Musculoskeletal | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Neoplasms benign, malignant and unspecified (incl cysts and polyps) | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Central Nervous System | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Nervous system disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Musculoskeletal | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Nervous system disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Peripheral Nervous System | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Nervous system disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Respiratory System | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Respiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Other- Dermis Contact Dermatitis | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Other- Psoriasis | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Other- Skin Rash on Low Bilateral Legs | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Wound Problem | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Other- Change in Insurance | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Social circumstances | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Musculoskeletal | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Surgical and medical procedures | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Peri-op AE - Other | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Surgical and medical procedures | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Pain | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Vascular disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Thrombosis/Thrombophlebitis | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Vascular disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Stiffness, Arthrofibrosis, Ankylosis, Limited Range of Motion | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Other - Systemic: Voluntary Withdrawal | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Social circumstances | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Cardiac Arrhythmia | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Cardiac disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Endocrine/Metabolic | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Endocrine disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Central Nervous System | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | General disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Pain | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | General disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Wound Problem | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | General disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Gastrointestinal | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Hepatobiliary disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Hematological | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Infections and infestations | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Hematological | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Injury, poisoning and procedural complications | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Fracture | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Injury, poisoning and procedural complications | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Other - Advanced Alzheimer's | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Nervous system disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Sciatica | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Nervous system disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Musculoskeletal | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Product Issues | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Other - Radiographic subsidence of the femoral component - asymptomatic | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Product Issues | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Genitourinary | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Renal and urinary disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Pulmonary Embolism | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Respiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Extensor Mechanism | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Surgical and medical procedures | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Other - Left knee artrhoscopy | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Surgical and medical procedures | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Musculoskeletal | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Vascular disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Other - Atraumatic onset of right buttock pain | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Hemarthrosis | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Other - 20 degree flexion contracture | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Other - Bilateral knee pain | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Other - Bilateral hand numbness and pain | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Other - Fell and injured quad | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Other- Itchy Red Rash | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |
| Hematoma | SYSTEMATIC_ASSESSMENT | Vascular disorders | MedDRA 16.0 | View |