A Global, Neutral Platform for Sharing Trial Data

by Bierer B, Li R, Barnes M, Sim I

Brigham and Women's Hospital–Harvard University's Multi-Regional Clinical Trials Center is designing a platform to link existing data-sharing platforms and communities and host data from investigators who want to share data but lack the resources to do so.

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This article asks the question: how — and how much — to share, where and in what format data should be stored and accessed, and how to protect the privacy of the trial participants.

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Cancer Research UK highlights some key initiatives and repositories which may provide tools and guidance for data sharing in the academic clinical trial field.

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Research Data Management and Sharing

by University of North Carolina

The University of Carolina offers a free eLearning course about data management and sharing.

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The ethics of 'Trials within Cohorts' (TWiCs) 2nd international symposium

by Relton C, Burbach M, Collett C, Flory J, Gerlich S, Holm S, Hunn A, Kim S, Kwakkenbos L, May A, Nicholl J, Young-Afat D, Treweek S, Uher R, Van Staa T, Van Der Velden J, Verkooijen H, Vickers A, Welch S, Zwarenstein M

The two-day symposium enabled an international group to meet and share experiences of the TwiCs design and to discuss plans for future research.

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The University of Oxford's tips for data management planning.

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The ACDM represents professionals working in the management of clinical data

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The Bill and Melinda Gates foundation answers questions about their open access policy. 

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Data sharing statements for clinical trials

by Taichman D, Sahni P, Pinborg A, Peiperl L, Laine C, James A, Hong S, Haileamlak A, Gollogly L, Godlee F, Frizelle F, Florenzano F, Drazen J, Bauchner H, Baethge C, Backus J

The ICMJE introduces it's vsion for a global research community in which sharing deidentified data becomes the norm.

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This study assess the uptake of the rheumatoid arthritis core outcome set using a new assessment method of calculating uptake from data in clinical trial registry entries.

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Guidelines for MRC research and management of data. 

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Pharmaceutical companies' policies on access to trial data, results, and methods: audit study

by Goldacre B, Lane S, Mahtani K, Heneghan C, Onakpoya I, Bushfield I, Smeeth L

This study looks at the commitments made by companies to transparency of trials.

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Making research data repositories visible: The re3data.org registry

by Pampel H, Vierkant P, Scholze F, Bertelmann R, Kindling M, Klump J, Goebelbecker H, Gundlach J, Schirmbacher P, Dierolf U

This article describes the heterogeneous RDR landscape. Further, the article outlines the features of re3data.org, and shows how this registry helps to identify appropriate repositories for storage and search of research data.    

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Raw data from clinical trials: Within reach?

by Doshi P, Goodman S,, Ioannidis J

This article argues in favor of more widespread availability of data from clinical research.

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This study analyses the solutions offered by generalist scientific data repositories.

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The Yale Open Data Access (YODA) Project is one of several pioneering data-sharing models in use. It uses a “trusted intermediary” approach, in which an independent partner provides support, accountability, fairness, and transparency.

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Trust, Respect, and Reciprocity: Informing Culturally Appropriate Data-Sharing Practice in Vietnam

by Merson L, Phong TV, Nhan le NT, Dung NT, Ngan T, Kinh N, Parker M, Bull S

This study used in-depth interviews and focus group discussions with 48 stakeholders in Vietnam to explore the experiences, attitudes, and expectations that inform ethical and effective approaches to sharing clinical research data.

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ACCESS CV proposes a secure method of sharing sensitive patient data that balances the legitimate desire of the scientific community for data access with the responsibility to ensure high-quality analyses and protection of patients’ expectation of privacy.

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Lisa Rosenbaum looks at both sides of the data sharing discussion. 

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