Effective July 1, 2018 manuscripts submitted to ICMJE journal members must contain a data sharing statement. In connection with this requirement, a related field exists within ClinicalTrials.gov records (i.e., “IPD Sharing Statement”) wherein the applicable sharing plan should be indicated.

The data sharing statement needs to indicate:

• Whether individual deidentified data will be shared;
• What data will be shared;
• Availability of related documents (e.g., study protocol, statistical analysis plan);
• When the data will be available and for how long;
• Criteria for obtaining the data.

UNC recommends the following data sharing statement:

Deidentified individual data that supports the results will be shared beginning 9 to 36 months following publication provided the investigator who proposes to use the data has approval from an Institutional Review Board (IRB), Independent Ethics Committee (IEC), or Research Ethics Board (REB), as applicable, and executes a data use/sharing agreement with UNC.

When data sharing is permitted, a Data Use Agreement (DUA) specifying the uses of such data to be shared must be in place before any data is shared. The Principal Investigator should submit a request to the Industry Contracting team for processing. For further information on DUAs, please refer to the Data Use Agreement Guidance.