The EORTC Data Sharing policy builds on the central principles of the
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in its report
“Promoting Access to Public Research Data for Scientific, Economic and Social
Development”.
Recognizing that access to international data helps produce a better
understanding of public health issues and worldwide disease prevention and
control the EORTC makes data from its clinical trials available to other
academic researchers. Considering
that on-going research contributing to the completion of datasets must not be
compromised by premature or opportunistic sharing and analysis of data, the
EORTC will not release the data of its trial until the primary trial results
have been published.
An investigator who wishes to use data from one or more EORTC studies must make
a formal request which is reviewed by the EORTC
Coordinator for External Research Project.
Specifically the scientific merit and feasibility of each request will be
evaluated.Requests will only be
considered once the primary study analyses have been published.
Any release of data will take into
consideration individual patients’ rights to privacy.
For further details about the data sharing policy
Form for data request