Whose data set is it anyway? Sharing raw data from randomized trials

Whose data set is it anyway? Sharing raw data from randomized trials

BACKGROUND Sharing of raw research data is common in many areas of medical research, genomics being perhaps the most well-known example. In the clinical trial community investigators routinely refuse to share raw data from a randomized trial without giving a reason. DISCUSSION Data sharing benefits numerous research-related activities: reproducing analyses; testing secondary hypotheses; devel...

Sharing raw data from clinical trials: what progress since we first asked “Whose data set is it anyway?”

Ten years ago, one of the first papers published in Trials was a commentary entitled "Whose data set is it anyway?" The commentary pointed out that trialists routinely refused requests for data sharing and argued that this attitude was a community standard that had no rational basis. At the time, there had been few calls for clinical trial data sharing and certainly no institutional support. To...

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