The objective of this session is to describe and explore new opportunities for accessing hitherto unavailable individual participant data and/or aggregate data presented in clinical study reports from clinical trials conducted by industry and public bodies. Reliance on data extracted from published trial reports can a miss large proportion of what lies hidden. This session encourages the Cochrane community to look at ever-increasing new sources of information to guide clinical decision making.

Speakers:
Lesley Stewart, Director, Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York
The challenge and opportunity of new data for IPD meta-analysis

Jennifer O’Callaghan, Clinical Data Sharing Manager, Wellcome Trust 
& Rebecca Sudlow, Biostatistics Manager, Roche Products Limited 

Example One: Clinical Study Data Request (CSDR) portal and other portals from industry
Joseph Ross, Associate Professor, Yale University School of Medicine

Example Two: Yale University Open Data Access (YODA) Project
Catrin Tudur Smith  Reader in Medical Statistics, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool

Example Three: Sharing data from public bodies including Medical Research Council (UK)

Questions and Answers about access and process
Clinical/Reviewer Examples from the floor

Wrap-up and conclusion
Richard Lehman Senior Advisory Fellow in Primary Care, UK Cochrane Centre