Sharing Clinical Trial Data: A Proposal From the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors

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Author Affiliations:
Executive Deputy Editor, Annals of Internal Medicine
Associate Director for Library Operations, US National Library of Medicine
Chief Scientific Officer, Deutsches Ärzteblatt (German Medical Journal)
Editor in Chief, JAMA and the JAMA Network
Editor in Chief, Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde
Editor in Chief, New England Journal of Medicine
Editor in Chief, Canadian Medical Association Journal
Editor in Chief, New Zealand Medical Journal
Head of Research, British Medical Journal
Editor in Chief, Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences
Deputy Editor, The Lancet
Editor in Chief, Annals of Internal Medicine
Chief Editor, PLOS Medicine
Scientific Editor in Chief, Ugeskrift for Laeger (Danish Medical Journal
Representative and Past President, World Association of Medical Editors
Representative, Chinese Medical Journal

 The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) believes that there is an ethical obligation to responsibly share data generated by interventional clinical trials because participants have put themselves at risk. In a growing consensus, many funders around the world—foundations, government agencies, and industry—now mandate data sharing. Here we outline ICMJE’s proposed requirements to help meet this obligation. We encourage feedback on the proposed requirements. Anyone can provide feedback at www.icmje.org by April 18, 2016.....