Status, use and impact of sharing individual participant data from clinical trials: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To explore the impact of data-sharing initiatives on the intent to share data, on actual data sharing, on the use of shared data and on research output and impact of shared data.

Eligibility criteria

All studies investigating data-sharing practices for individual participant data (IPD) from clinical trials.

Sources of evidence

We searched the Medline database, the Cochrane Library, the Science Citation Index Expanded and the Social Sciences Citation Index via Web of Science, and preprints and proceedings of the International Congress on Peer Review and Scientific Publication. In addition, we inspected major clinical trial data-sharing platforms, contacted major journals/publishers, editorial groups and some funders.

Charting methods

Two reviewers ind

SUBMITTER: Ohmann C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8375721 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature