JAMA
February 24, 2015, Vol 313, No. 8
http://jama.jamanetwork.com/issue.aspx

Viewpoint | February 24, 2015
Sharing Clinical Trial Data – Maximizing Benefits, Minimizing Risk FREE
Bernard Lo, MD1
Author Affiliations
JAMA. 2015;313(8):793-794. doi:10.1001/jama.2015.292.
[Excerpt]
…The Institute of Medicine (IOM) has issued a consensus, peer-reviewed, publicly available report that recommends how to promote responsible clinical trial data sharing while minimizing the risks and burdens of sharing.4 The report distinguished sharing trial data from sharing a summary of trial results, which is already expected. Data sharing does not necessarily mean posting data on a public website without conditions.
The committee first articulated principles to guide sharing of clinical trial data: (1) maximize the benefits while minimizing the risks 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….