Current recommendations/practices for anonymising data from clinical trials in order to make it available for sharing: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background/aims

There are increasing pressures for anonymised datasets from clinical trials to be shared across the scientific community, and differing recommendations exist on how to perform anonymisation prior to sharing. We aimed to systematically identify, describe and synthesise existing recommendations for anonymising clinical trial datasets to prepare for data sharing.

Methods

We systematically searched MEDLINE^®, EMBASE and Web of Science from inception to 8 February 2021. We also searched other resources to ensure the comprehensiveness of our search. Any publication reporting recommendations on anonymisation to enable data sharing from clinical trials was included. Two reviewers independently screened titles, abstracts and full text for eligibility. One re

SUBMITTER: Rodriguez A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9373195 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature