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Editorial
. 2017 Jun 5;14(6):e1002315.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002315. eCollection 2017 Jun.

Data Sharing Statements for Clinical Trials: A Requirement of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors

Darren B Taichman  1 , Peush Sahni  2 , Anja Pinborg  3 , Larry Peiperl  4 , Christine Laine  5 , Astrid James  6 , Sung-Tae Hong  7 , Abraham Haileamlak  8 , Laragh Gollogly  9 , Fiona Godlee  10 , Frank A Frizelle  11 , Fernando Florenzano  12 , Jeffrey M Drazen  13 , Howard Bauchner  14 , Christopher Baethge  15 , Joyce Backus  16
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Editorial

Data Sharing Statements for Clinical Trials: A Requirement of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors

Darren B Taichman et al. PLoS Med. .

Abstract

The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors announces requirements that a data sharing plan be prospectively registered, and a data sharing statement be included in submitted manuscripts, for clinical trials to be published in ICMJE journals.

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Conflict of interest statement

DBT and CL are employed by the Annals of Internal Medicine and the American College of Physicians. As Chief Editor of PLOS Medicine, LP receives a salary and benefits from Public Library of Science, a nonprofit publisher and advocate of Open Access research. He received travel reimbursement from the WHO to attend consultations on data sharing and from the AHCJ to speak on data sharing. AH is an employee of Jimma University in Ethiopia and the Editor of EJHS. LG is employed by the World Health Organization. PS, AP, AJ, S-TH, FG, FAF, FF, JMD, HB, CB and JB have declared no competing interests.

References

    1. Taichman DB, Backus J, Baethge C, Bauchner H, de Leeuw PW, Drazen JM, et al. Sharing Clinical Trial Data: A Proposal From the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors [Editorial]. Ann Intern Med. 2016;164:505–6. doi: 10.7326/M15-2928 - DOI - PubMed
    1. Menikoff J. Letter from Jerry Menikoff, MD, JD, Director, Office for Human Research Protections, to ICMJE Secretariat. 7 March 2017. Available from: http://icmje.org/news-and-editorials/menikoff_icmje_questions_20170307.pdf.

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