Timely access to trial data in the context of a pandemic: the time is now.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Clinical trial data sharing has the potential to accelerate scientific progress, answer new lines of scientific inquiry, support reproducibility and prevent redundancy. Vivli, a non-profit organisation, operates a global platform for sharing of individual participant-level trial data and associated documents. Sharing of these data collected from each trial participant enables combining of these data to drive new scientific insights or assess reproducibility-not possible with the aggregate or summary data tables historically made available. We report on our initial experience including key metrics, lessons learned and how we see our role in the data sharing ecosystem. We also describe how Vivli is addressing the needs of the COVID-19 challenge through a new dedicated porta

SUBMITTER: Li R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7597502 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature