clinical research Data Sharing Repository (crDSR)
The clinical research Data Sharing Repository (crDSR) aims to support clinical researchers in sharing their data in compliance with EU legislation. The repository is capable of holding any type of digital object, such as data sets, documents, media files etc., in a Trusted Research Environment.
Individual Patient Data is collected in anonymised or pseudonymised format, together with the contextual information provided by protocols, analysis plans, templates of consent forms etc.
The repository collects the metadata necessary for the Findability of the studies and of the data objects and makes it publicly available; it also follows and records all the legal steps necessary for the GDPR compliant sharing of sensitive data. By making clinical trial data findable and accessible, the crDSR amplifies the impact of patient's data, enabling patient-level data re-analysis and meta-analysis, and ultimately fostering clinical research.