Assessing the research potential of access to clinical trial data

Access to the data generated by clinical trials is key to realising the full benefits of trials of new health interventions, and a valuable opportunity to generate new insights. There has been much recent discussion of how to maximise the impact of sharing of data from clinical trials, and with our track record of encouraging open access and data sharing, the Wellcome Trust is fully engaged with the issue. To help inform these discussions, we commissionedan independent study to look at research potential of increased access to trial data, and what mechanisms are needed to facilitate it. Will Greenacre, from the Wellcome Trust policy team, discusses the findings…

Clinical trials take place every day all over the world to test the safety and effectiveness of new medicines and other health interventions. Not only are trials central to the development of new treatments, but the data they generate can also be a valuable resource to others – both for testing the existing evidence, and for generating new insights to drive research.

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