The informed consent form for my recently completed study states explicitly that only my research team will see the data provided and that we will not share the data. Am I now expected to share it?
No, but if you plan to collect additional data from those subjects under a grant with a data-sharing plan, you should revise the consent procedure to be consistent with the data-sharing plan. In preparing and submitting a data-sharing plan during the application process, investigators should avoid developing or relying on consent processes that promise research participants not to share data with other researchers. Such promises should not be made routinely or without adequate justification described in the data-sharing plan.
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- The informed consent form for my recently completed study states explicitly that only my research team will see the data provided and that we will not share the data. Am I now expected to share it?
- What can the member of the study team obtaining informed consent do to ensure the signed consent form is a complete and accurate consent document?
- How is informed consent for a clinical trial or research study different from consent for standard treatment?
