Many different organizations are developing essential or core data elements needed for COVID-19 research. These essential data elements are likely to expand as the pandemic continues to evolve. They are listed here for your reference.

• Gates COVID-19 clinical endpoint definitions (as of 05/11/2020)
   
• The NIH Common Data Element (CDE) Resource Portal will likely post COVID-19 CDEs soon at this website: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/cde/index.html