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ArticleTrials2019

Clinical trial data reuse - overcoming complexities in trial design and data sharing.

Toby Wilkinson, Siddharth Sinha, Niels Peek, Nophar Geifman

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Article in Trials, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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  9. Discoverability of information on clinical trial data-sharing platforms.Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA · 2021
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  10. Data Sharing Goals for Nonprofit Funders of Clinical Trials.Journal of participatory medicine · 2021
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  11. CONSIDER Statement: Consolidated Recommendations for Sharing Individual Participant Data from Human Clinical Studies.AMIA Joint Summits on Translational Science proceedings. AMIA Joint Summits on Translational Science
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Toby WilkinsonCentre for Health Informatics, Division of Informatics, Imaging, and Data Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Siddharth SinhaCentre for Health Informatics, Division of Informatics, Imaging, and Data Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Niels PeekCentre for Health Informatics, Division of Informatics, Imaging, and Data Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Nophar GeifmanCentre for Health Informatics, Division of Informatics, Imaging, and Data Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. nophar.geifman@manchester.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2956-6676

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/L011808/1Medical Research Council MR/N00583X/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There are many acknowledged benefits for the reuse of clinical trial data; from independent verification of published results to the evaluation of new hypotheses. However, the reuse of shared clinical trial data is not without obstacles. Here we present some of the issues and lessons learned from our own experiences in accessing and analyzing trial data; specifically, where we aim to combine and pool data from multiple different trials. In addition to issues around missing annotation and incomplete datasets, we identify trial-design complexity as a potential hurdle that may complicate downstream analyses. We address potential solutions and emphasize the need for benefits of transparent sharing and analysis of participant-level clinical trial data with appropriate risk mitigation, a matter important to efficient clinical research.

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Clinical Trials as TopicInformation DisseminationResearch DesignHumansClinical trialsData sharingPooled analysis

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PMID31426840
PMCPMC6701093

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