Table 2 Examples of representative LCT annotation schema entities.

From: The Leaf Clinical Trials Corpus: a new resource for query generation from clinical trial eligibility criteria

Category

Entity

Values

Example Text

Clinical

Condition

Diagnosed with \(\frac{{\rm{hypertension}}}{Condition}\) in past year

Contraindication

any \(\frac{{\rm{contraindications}}}{Contraindication}\) to vaginal delivery

Drug

on \(\frac{{\rm{beta}}\,{\rm{blockers}}}{Drug}\)

Encounter

emergency, outpatient, inpatient

recently \(\frac{{\rm{admitted}}}{Encounter[inpatient]}\) to a hospital

Immunization

received \(\frac{{\rm{Influenza}}\;{\rm{vaccination}}}{Immunization}\)

Observation

lab, vital, clinical-score, survey, social-habit

\(\frac{{\rm{Platelet}}\;{\rm{count}}}{Observation[lab]}\) less than 500

Procedure

Undergoing or scheduled for a \(\frac{{\rm{colonoscopy}}}{Procedure}\)

Demographic

Age

43 years \(\frac{{\rm{old}}}{Age}\)

Birth

\(\frac{{\rm{born}}}{Birth}\) within the past 6 months

Family-Member

mother, father, sibling, etc.

history of \(\frac{{\rm{maternal}}}{Family \mbox{-} Member[mother]}\) breast cancer

Language

Speaks \(\frac{{\rm{English}}}{Language}\) or \(\frac{{\rm{Spanish}}}{Language}\)

Logical

Negation

with \(\frac{{\rm{no}}}{Negation}\) systemic disease

`Qualifier

Assertion

intention, hypothetical, possible

which \(\frac{{\rm{may}}}{Assertion[hypothetical]}\) cause conditions

Modifier

\(\frac{{\rm{alcohol}}}{Modifier}\) or \(\frac{{\rm{substance}}}{Modifier}\) abuse

Polarity

low, high, positive, negative

showing \(\frac{{\rm{elevated}}}{Polarity[high]}\) serum creatinine

Risk

at heightened \(\frac{{\rm{potential}}}{Risk}\) for suicide

Severity

mild, moderate, severe

with \(\frac{{\rm{serious}}}{Severity[severe]}\) complications from surgery

Stability

stable, change

conditions known to \(\frac{{\rm{affect}}}{Stability[change]}\) mood

Temporal and Comparative

Criteria-Count

at least 3 of \(\frac{{\rm{the}}\;{\rm{following}}\;{\rm{conditions}}}{Criteria \mbox{-} Count}\):

Eq-Comparison

\(\frac{{\rm{greater}}\;{\rm{than}}\;50{\rm{ml}}}{Eq \mbox{-} Comparison}\)

Eq-Temporal-Period

past, present, future

\(\frac{{\rm{Active}}}{Eq \mbox{-} Temporal \mbox{-} Period[present]}\) illness

Eq-Temporal-Recency

first-time, most-recent

\(\frac{{\rm{Latest}}}{Eq \mbox{-} Temporal \mbox{-} Recency[most \mbox{-} recent]}\) BMI > 35

Other

Location

residence, clinic, hospital, unit, emergency-department

Seen at \(\frac{{\rm{diabetes}}\;{\rm{care}}\;{\rm{clinic}}}{Location[clinic]}\)

  1. A full listing of all entities can be found in the LCT annotation guidelines at https://github.com/uw-bionlp/clinical-trials-gov-annotation/wiki.