Vault uses Expectedness records to automatically populate the Expectedness and Listedness fields on a Case.

How Vault populates these fields depends on the Datasheets available, and whether the Case is associated with a Study. The following section provides more information on the auto-calculation logic for Study Cases and non-Study Cases.

The Listedness (Status) and Expectedness (Status) fields become “Auto-Calculated” when Vault automatically populates these fields. Users can override the field values manually.

Expectedness Roll-Up Evaluation

The following illustrations show the auto-expectedness process for a Case using the Product, Study, or Study Product Datasheets:

Non-Study Case

Expectedness from Core Product Datasheet

See an explanation of the steps below.

Study Case

Expectedness from Study Datasheet

See an explanation of the steps below.

Multi-Product Clinical Trial Study Case

Expectedness from Study Product and Study Core Datasheets

See an explanation of the steps below.

1 Expectedness Generation

Vault Safety generates Case Assessment Expectedness records for each relevant Datasheet:

  • Non-Study Cases: An Expectedness record is generated for each Product Datasheet (Product Family, Core, or Local) related to the Case Product.
  • Study Cases: An Expectedness record is generated based on the following datasheets, when configured:
    • Study Product Datasheet
    • Study Datasheet
    • Product Datasheets (Product Family, Core, or Local) related to Case Products

2 Case Assessment Listedness and Expectedness

To automatically populate the Expected and Listedness fields on a Case Assessment, Vault looks at the Case Assessment’s Expectedness records using the following logic:

To populate the Listedness field on the Case Assessment:

Case Report Type Auto-Population Logic
Non-Study Case

If there is an Expectedness record corresponding to the Product's Core or Product Family Datasheet, this rolls up to populate the Listedness field on the Case Assessment.

If there are no Expectedness records, the Listedness field is not automatically populated.

Study Case

If there is an Expectedness record corresponding to the Study Core Datasheet, this Expectedness rolls up to populate the Listedness field on the Case Assessment.

If there is no Study Product or Study Core Datasheet, but there is an Expectedness record corresponding to the Product's Core or Product Family Datasheet, this value rolls up to the Listedness field.

If there are no Expectedness records, the Listedness field is not automatically populated.

To populate the Expected field on the Case Assessment:

Case Report Type Auto-Population Logic
Non-Study Case

Vault evaluates all Expectedness records under the Case Assessment to set the Expected field, using the following logic:

  • Unexpected: If one (1) or more Expectedness records are set to No or blank
  • Expected: If all Expectedness records are set to Yes
Study Case

If there are Expectedness records, Vault roll-up for Study Products is as follows:

  • Based on the Study Product Datasheet, if one exists, otherwise,
  • Based on the Study Core Datasheet, if one exists, otherwise,
  • Based on the most conservative of the Product Core Datasheet and Local Datasheet, if one exists

If there is no Study Product or Study Core Datasheet, Vault evaluates all Expectedness records under the Case Assessment to set the Expected field as follows:

  • Unexpected: If one (1) or more Expectedness records are set to No or blank
  • Expected: If all Expectedness records are set to Yes

3 Case Listedness and Expectedness

At the Case-level, for non-Study Cases, both the Listedness and Expectedness fields are synced with the primary Case Assessment. Unless the Case fields are overridden, any time the primary Case Assessment changes, the associated Case-level fields are updated to match.

For Study Cases, Vault uses the following logic:

  • To populate the Case Expectedness field, Vault considers the Expectedness values based on the Study Product Datasheet. If the Expected field of any Case Assessment is set to “No”, the Case Expectedness field is also set to “No”.
  • To populate the Listedness (Core) field, Vault considers the Study Core Datasheet and the Onset date of each Case Adverse Event. If the Listedness (Core) field is set to “Unlisted” on any Case Assessment, Vault rolls the value up to the Listedness (Core) field in the Details section of the Case.

Override Case Expectedness or Listedness

There are two ways to update the Case Expectedness or Listedness fields:

  • Edit the field on the primary Case Assessment to override the calculated expectedness. The associated (Status) field updates to “Overridden” on the Case Assessment but remains Auto Calculated on the Case.
    This will automatically update the associated field at the Case-level, because the Case fields are synced with the primary Case Assessment.
  • Edit the field directly on the Case to override the value, and prevent Vault from syncing the value with the primary Case Assessment. The associated (Status) field updates to “Overridden” on the Case.

How-To Video: Overriding Auto-Expectedness Evaluations

Watch our quick video tutorial on Overriding Auto-Expectedness Evaluations.