Overview and experience of the YODA Project with clinical trial data sharing after 5 years

Sci Data. 2018 Nov 27:5:180268. doi: 10.1038/sdata.2018.268.

Abstract

The Yale University Open Data Access (YODA) Project has facilitated access to clinical trial data since 2013. The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of the Project, describe key decisions that were made when establishing data sharing policies, and suggest how our experience and the experiences of our first two data generator partners, Medtronic, Inc. and Johnson & Johnson, can be used to enhance other ongoing or future initiatives.

MeSH terms

  • Clinical Trials as Topic*
  • Humans
  • Information Dissemination / methods*