Clinical Data Sharing

**Semantic type:** Activity

**Definition:** Providing clinical study data or access to data and final results to key stakeholders with the goal of increasing scientific knowledge and ultimately better therapies for patients. Guiding principles for data sharing include: (1) maximize the benefits of clinical trials while minimizing the risks or harm of sharing clinical trial data; (2) respect individual participants whose data are shared; (3) increase public trust in clinical trials and the sharing of trial data; and (4) conduct the sharing of clinical trial data in a fair manner. [After National Academies of Sciences, Institute of Medicine. Sharing Clinical Trial Data: Maximizing Benefits, Minimizing Risk. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 2015, accessed 2022-09-07]

**Synonyms:** - data sharing