admiralneuro

Neuroscience extension package for ADaM in R Asset Library {admiral}

Purpose

To provide a complementary (to {admiral}) toolbox that enables users to develop neuroscience disease area specifics.

Installation

The package is available from CRAN and can be installed with:

install.packages("admiralneuro")

To install the latest development version of the package directly from GitHub use the following code:

pak::pkg_install("admiralneuro", dependencies = TRUE)

Dependencies

The latest version of the package works with the latest versions of the packages stated in DESCRIPTION.

If a previous version of the package should be used, it is recommended to use latest version of the dependencies at the point in time when the previous version of {admiralneuro} was released.

Scope

• Build a toolbox of re-usable functions and utilities to create neuroscience-specific ADaM datasets in R in a modular manner.
• All functions are created based upon the ADaM Implementation Guide and aim to facilitate the programming of ADaM dataset standards.
• Initially the package focuses on the most common efficacy endpoint needs for Amyloid PET and Tau PET, but over time we will look to add extra areas such as: cognitive scores, lab biomarkers and questionnaires.

Expectations

{admiralneuro} is expected to complement {admiral} and provide functions to help with the creation of the efficacy endpoints required for neuroscience ADaMs.

References and Documentation

Please refer to the {admiral} References and Documentation.

R Versions

Here’s a summary of our strategy for this package related to R versions:

• R versions for developers and users will follow the same as {admiral} core package.
• For development the main branch of {admiral} core is used as a dependency. For releasing a new {admiralneuro} version it must run using the latest released {admiral} core version.

Contact

We use the following for support and communications between user and developer community:

• Slack - for informal discussions, Q&A and building our user community. If you don’t have access, use this link to join the pharmaverse Slack workspace
• GitHub Issues - for direct feedback, enhancement requests or raising bugs