Overview of newly announced clinical data sharing policy from the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors

that medical journals have an ethical obligation to share clinical trial data. While this was accepted with mixed responses, the frequency of data sharing has been gradually increasing in different settings. Recently, ICMJE has made another announcement to member journals that all manuscripts that contain results from interventional clinical trials will be required to include a data sharing statement effective July 1, 2018. In addition, clinical trials that accept participants on or after January 1, 2019 will need to report a data sharing plan in the trial's registration. The committee’s rationale behind this action was to enhance the quality of planning and conducting clinical trials.