Guidance

Open research data from clinical trials and public health intervention studies

This document is a brief summary of the Medical Research Council’s (MRC) policy on managing open research data in clinical and public health research.

• From: MRC
• Published: 16 January 2020

Documents

MRC Policy on Open Research Data from Clinical Trials and Public Health Intervention Studies (2016)

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Details

This guidance outlines MRC policy on research transparency and data sharing, including:

• scope of research
• registering studies
• publishing study protocol and statistical analysis
• publishing study results
• data sharing and transparency for individual data
• frequently asked questions.