Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Jun 2018
Clinical trial participants’ views of the risks and benefits of data sharing
7 June 2018 - Sharing of participant-level clinical trial data has potential benefits, but concerns about potential harms to research participants have led some pharmaceutical sponsors and investigators to urge caution.
Little is known about clinical trial participants’ perceptions of the risks of data sharing.
Mello et al. conducted a structured survey of 771 current and recent participants from a diverse sample of clinical trials at three academic medical centers in the United States. Surveys were distributed by mail (350 completed surveys) and in clinic waiting rooms (421 completed surveys) (overall response rate, 79%).
