Editorial
Sharing clinical trial data: a proposal from the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors
Darren B. Taichman, Joyce Backus, Christopher Baethge, Howard Bauchner, Peter W. de Leeuw, Jeffrey M. Drazen, John Fletcher, Frank A. Frizelle, Trish Groves, Abraham Haileamlak, Astrid James, Christine Laine, Larry Peiperl, Anja Pinborg, Peush Sahni and Sinan Wu
CMAJ February 02, 2016 188 (2) 91-92; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.151465
Darren B. Taichman
Secretary, ICMJE, Executive Deputy Editor, Annals of Internal Medicine (Taichman); Representative and Associate Director for Library Operations, National Library of Medicine (Backus); Chief Scientific Editor, Deutsches Ärzteblatt (German Medical Journal) (Baethge); Editor-in-Chief, JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) and the JAMA Network (Bauchner); Editor-in-Chief, Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde (The Dutch Medical Journal) (de Leeuw); Editor-in-Chief, New England Journal of Medicine (Drazen); Editor-in-Chief, Canadian Medical Association Journal (Fletcher); Editor-in-Chief, New Zealand Medical Journal (Frizelle); Head of Research, British Medical Journal (Groves); Editor-in-Chief, Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences (Haileamlak); Deputy Editor, The Lancet (James); Editor-in-Chief, Annals of Internal Medicine (Laine); Chief Editor, PLOS Medicine (Peiperl); Scientific Editor-in-Chief, Ugeskrift for Laeger (Danish Medical Journal) (Pinborg); Representative and Past President, World Association of Medical Editors (Sahni); Representative, Chinese Medical Journal (Wu)
MD PhDJoyce Backus
Secretary, ICMJE, Executive Deputy Editor, Annals of Internal Medicine (Taichman); Representative and Associate Director for Library Operations, National Library of Medicine (Backus); Chief Scientific Editor, Deutsches Ärzteblatt (German Medical Journal) (Baethge); Editor-in-Chief, JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) and the JAMA Network (Bauchner); Editor-in-Chief, Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde (The Dutch Medical Journal) (de Leeuw); Editor-in-Chief, New England Journal of Medicine (Drazen); Editor-in-Chief, Canadian Medical Association Journal (Fletcher); Editor-in-Chief, New Zealand Medical Journal (Frizelle); Head of Research, British Medical Journal (Groves); Editor-in-Chief, Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences (Haileamlak); Deputy Editor, The Lancet (James); Editor-in-Chief, Annals of Internal Medicine (Laine); Chief Editor, PLOS Medicine (Peiperl); Scientific Editor-in-Chief, Ugeskrift for Laeger (Danish Medical Journal) (Pinborg); Representative and Past President, World Association of Medical Editors (Sahni); Representative, Chinese Medical Journal (Wu)
MSLSChristopher Baethge
Secretary, ICMJE, Executive Deputy Editor, Annals of Internal Medicine (Taichman); Representative and Associate Director for Library Operations, National Library of Medicine (Backus); Chief Scientific Editor, Deutsches Ärzteblatt (German Medical Journal) (Baethge); Editor-in-Chief, JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) and the JAMA Network (Bauchner); Editor-in-Chief, Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde (The Dutch Medical Journal) (de Leeuw); Editor-in-Chief, New England Journal of Medicine (Drazen); Editor-in-Chief, Canadian Medical Association Journal (Fletcher); Editor-in-Chief, New Zealand Medical Journal (Frizelle); Head of Research, British Medical Journal (Groves); Editor-in-Chief, Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences (Haileamlak); Deputy Editor, The Lancet (James); Editor-in-Chief, Annals of Internal Medicine (Laine); Chief Editor, PLOS Medicine (Peiperl); Scientific Editor-in-Chief, Ugeskrift for Laeger (Danish Medical Journal) (Pinborg); Representative and Past President, World Association of Medical Editors (Sahni); Representative, Chinese Medical Journal (Wu)
MDHoward Bauchner
Secretary, ICMJE, Executive Deputy Editor, Annals of Internal Medicine (Taichman); Representative and Associate Director for Library Operations, National Library of Medicine (Backus); Chief Scientific Editor, Deutsches Ärzteblatt (German Medical Journal) (Baethge); Editor-in-Chief, JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) and the JAMA Network (Bauchner); Editor-in-Chief, Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde (The Dutch Medical Journal) (de Leeuw); Editor-in-Chief, New England Journal of Medicine (Drazen); Editor-in-Chief, Canadian Medical Association Journal (Fletcher); Editor-in-Chief, New Zealand Medical Journal (Frizelle); Head of Research, British Medical Journal (Groves); Editor-in-Chief, Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences (Haileamlak); Deputy Editor, The Lancet (James); Editor-in-Chief, Annals of Internal Medicine (Laine); Chief Editor, PLOS Medicine (Peiperl); Scientific Editor-in-Chief, Ugeskrift for Laeger (Danish Medical Journal) (Pinborg); Representative and Past President, World Association of Medical Editors (Sahni); Representative, Chinese Medical Journal (Wu)
MDPeter W. de Leeuw
Secretary, ICMJE, Executive Deputy Editor, Annals of Internal Medicine (Taichman); Representative and Associate Director for Library Operations, National Library of Medicine (Backus); Chief Scientific Editor, Deutsches Ärzteblatt (German Medical Journal) (Baethge); Editor-in-Chief, JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) and the JAMA Network (Bauchner); Editor-in-Chief, Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde (The Dutch Medical Journal) (de Leeuw); Editor-in-Chief, New England Journal of Medicine (Drazen); Editor-in-Chief, Canadian Medical Association Journal (Fletcher); Editor-in-Chief, New Zealand Medical Journal (Frizelle); Head of Research, British Medical Journal (Groves); Editor-in-Chief, Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences (Haileamlak); Deputy Editor, The Lancet (James); Editor-in-Chief, Annals of Internal Medicine (Laine); Chief Editor, PLOS Medicine (Peiperl); Scientific Editor-in-Chief, Ugeskrift for Laeger (Danish Medical Journal) (Pinborg); Representative and Past President, World Association of Medical Editors (Sahni); Representative, Chinese Medical Journal (Wu)
MDJeffrey M. Drazen
Secretary, ICMJE, Executive Deputy Editor, Annals of Internal Medicine (Taichman); Representative and Associate Director for Library Operations, National Library of Medicine (Backus); Chief Scientific Editor, Deutsches Ärzteblatt (German Medical Journal) (Baethge); Editor-in-Chief, JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) and the JAMA Network (Bauchner); Editor-in-Chief, Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde (The Dutch Medical Journal) (de Leeuw); Editor-in-Chief, New England Journal of Medicine (Drazen); Editor-in-Chief, Canadian Medical Association Journal (Fletcher); Editor-in-Chief, New Zealand Medical Journal (Frizelle); Head of Research, British Medical Journal (Groves); Editor-in-Chief, Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences (Haileamlak); Deputy Editor, The Lancet (James); Editor-in-Chief, Annals of Internal Medicine (Laine); Chief Editor, PLOS Medicine (Peiperl); Scientific Editor-in-Chief, Ugeskrift for Laeger (Danish Medical Journal) (Pinborg); Representative and Past President, World Association of Medical Editors (Sahni); Representative, Chinese Medical Journal (Wu)
MDJohn Fletcher
Secretary, ICMJE, Executive Deputy Editor, Annals of Internal Medicine (Taichman); Representative and Associate Director for Library Operations, National Library of Medicine (Backus); Chief Scientific Editor, Deutsches Ärzteblatt (German Medical Journal) (Baethge); Editor-in-Chief, JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) and the JAMA Network (Bauchner); Editor-in-Chief, Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde (The Dutch Medical Journal) (de Leeuw); Editor-in-Chief, New England Journal of Medicine (Drazen); Editor-in-Chief, Canadian Medical Association Journal (Fletcher); Editor-in-Chief, New Zealand Medical Journal (Frizelle); Head of Research, British Medical Journal (Groves); Editor-in-Chief, Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences (Haileamlak); Deputy Editor, The Lancet (James); Editor-in-Chief, Annals of Internal Medicine (Laine); Chief Editor, PLOS Medicine (Peiperl); Scientific Editor-in-Chief, Ugeskrift for Laeger (Danish Medical Journal) (Pinborg); Representative and Past President, World Association of Medical Editors (Sahni); Representative, Chinese Medical Journal (Wu)
MB BChir MPHFrank A. Frizelle
Secretary, ICMJE, Executive Deputy Editor, Annals of Internal Medicine (Taichman); Representative and Associate Director for Library Operations, National Library of Medicine (Backus); Chief Scientific Editor, Deutsches Ärzteblatt (German Medical Journal) (Baethge); Editor-in-Chief, JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) and the JAMA Network (Bauchner); Editor-in-Chief, Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde (The Dutch Medical Journal) (de Leeuw); Editor-in-Chief, New England Journal of Medicine (Drazen); Editor-in-Chief, Canadian Medical Association Journal (Fletcher); Editor-in-Chief, New Zealand Medical Journal (Frizelle); Head of Research, British Medical Journal (Groves); Editor-in-Chief, Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences (Haileamlak); Deputy Editor, The Lancet (James); Editor-in-Chief, Annals of Internal Medicine (Laine); Chief Editor, PLOS Medicine (Peiperl); Scientific Editor-in-Chief, Ugeskrift for Laeger (Danish Medical Journal) (Pinborg); Representative and Past President, World Association of Medical Editors (Sahni); Representative, Chinese Medical Journal (Wu)
MBChBTrish Groves
Secretary, ICMJE, Executive Deputy Editor, Annals of Internal Medicine (Taichman); Representative and Associate Director for Library Operations, National Library of Medicine (Backus); Chief Scientific Editor, Deutsches Ärzteblatt (German Medical Journal) (Baethge); Editor-in-Chief, JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) and the JAMA Network (Bauchner); Editor-in-Chief, Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde (The Dutch Medical Journal) (de Leeuw); Editor-in-Chief, New England Journal of Medicine (Drazen); Editor-in-Chief, Canadian Medical Association Journal (Fletcher); Editor-in-Chief, New Zealand Medical Journal (Frizelle); Head of Research, British Medical Journal (Groves); Editor-in-Chief, Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences (Haileamlak); Deputy Editor, The Lancet (James); Editor-in-Chief, Annals of Internal Medicine (Laine); Chief Editor, PLOS Medicine (Peiperl); Scientific Editor-in-Chief, Ugeskrift for Laeger (Danish Medical Journal) (Pinborg); Representative and Past President, World Association of Medical Editors (Sahni); Representative, Chinese Medical Journal (Wu)
MBBS MRCPsychAbraham Haileamlak
Secretary, ICMJE, Executive Deputy Editor, Annals of Internal Medicine (Taichman); Representative and Associate Director for Library Operations, National Library of Medicine (Backus); Chief Scientific Editor, Deutsches Ärzteblatt (German Medical Journal) (Baethge); Editor-in-Chief, JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) and the JAMA Network (Bauchner); Editor-in-Chief, Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde (The Dutch Medical Journal) (de Leeuw); Editor-in-Chief, New England Journal of Medicine (Drazen); Editor-in-Chief, Canadian Medical Association Journal (Fletcher); Editor-in-Chief, New Zealand Medical Journal (Frizelle); Head of Research, British Medical Journal (Groves); Editor-in-Chief, Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences (Haileamlak); Deputy Editor, The Lancet (James); Editor-in-Chief, Annals of Internal Medicine (Laine); Chief Editor, PLOS Medicine (Peiperl); Scientific Editor-in-Chief, Ugeskrift for Laeger (Danish Medical Journal) (Pinborg); Representative and Past President, World Association of Medical Editors (Sahni); Representative, Chinese Medical Journal (Wu)
MDAstrid James
Secretary, ICMJE, Executive Deputy Editor, Annals of Internal Medicine (Taichman); Representative and Associate Director for Library Operations, National Library of Medicine (Backus); Chief Scientific Editor, Deutsches Ärzteblatt (German Medical Journal) (Baethge); Editor-in-Chief, JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) and the JAMA Network (Bauchner); Editor-in-Chief, Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde (The Dutch Medical Journal) (de Leeuw); Editor-in-Chief, New England Journal of Medicine (Drazen); Editor-in-Chief, Canadian Medical Association Journal (Fletcher); Editor-in-Chief, New Zealand Medical Journal (Frizelle); Head of Research, British Medical Journal (Groves); Editor-in-Chief, Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences (Haileamlak); Deputy Editor, The Lancet (James); Editor-in-Chief, Annals of Internal Medicine (Laine); Chief Editor, PLOS Medicine (Peiperl); Scientific Editor-in-Chief, Ugeskrift for Laeger (Danish Medical Journal) (Pinborg); Representative and Past President, World Association of Medical Editors (Sahni); Representative, Chinese Medical Journal (Wu)
MBBSChristine Laine
Secretary, ICMJE, Executive Deputy Editor, Annals of Internal Medicine (Taichman); Representative and Associate Director for Library Operations, National Library of Medicine (Backus); Chief Scientific Editor, Deutsches Ärzteblatt (German Medical Journal) (Baethge); Editor-in-Chief, JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) and the JAMA Network (Bauchner); Editor-in-Chief, Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde (The Dutch Medical Journal) (de Leeuw); Editor-in-Chief, New England Journal of Medicine (Drazen); Editor-in-Chief, Canadian Medical Association Journal (Fletcher); Editor-in-Chief, New Zealand Medical Journal (Frizelle); Head of Research, British Medical Journal (Groves); Editor-in-Chief, Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences (Haileamlak); Deputy Editor, The Lancet (James); Editor-in-Chief, Annals of Internal Medicine (Laine); Chief Editor, PLOS Medicine (Peiperl); Scientific Editor-in-Chief, Ugeskrift for Laeger (Danish Medical Journal) (Pinborg); Representative and Past President, World Association of Medical Editors (Sahni); Representative, Chinese Medical Journal (Wu)
MD MPHLarry Peiperl
Secretary, ICMJE, Executive Deputy Editor, Annals of Internal Medicine (Taichman); Representative and Associate Director for Library Operations, National Library of Medicine (Backus); Chief Scientific Editor, Deutsches Ärzteblatt (German Medical Journal) (Baethge); Editor-in-Chief, JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) and the JAMA Network (Bauchner); Editor-in-Chief, Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde (The Dutch Medical Journal) (de Leeuw); Editor-in-Chief, New England Journal of Medicine (Drazen); Editor-in-Chief, Canadian Medical Association Journal (Fletcher); Editor-in-Chief, New Zealand Medical Journal (Frizelle); Head of Research, British Medical Journal (Groves); Editor-in-Chief, Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences (Haileamlak); Deputy Editor, The Lancet (James); Editor-in-Chief, Annals of Internal Medicine (Laine); Chief Editor, PLOS Medicine (Peiperl); Scientific Editor-in-Chief, Ugeskrift for Laeger (Danish Medical Journal) (Pinborg); Representative and Past President, World Association of Medical Editors (Sahni); Representative, Chinese Medical Journal (Wu)
MDAnja Pinborg
Secretary, ICMJE, Executive Deputy Editor, Annals of Internal Medicine (Taichman); Representative and Associate Director for Library Operations, National Library of Medicine (Backus); Chief Scientific Editor, Deutsches Ärzteblatt (German Medical Journal) (Baethge); Editor-in-Chief, JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) and the JAMA Network (Bauchner); Editor-in-Chief, Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde (The Dutch Medical Journal) (de Leeuw); Editor-in-Chief, New England Journal of Medicine (Drazen); Editor-in-Chief, Canadian Medical Association Journal (Fletcher); Editor-in-Chief, New Zealand Medical Journal (Frizelle); Head of Research, British Medical Journal (Groves); Editor-in-Chief, Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences (Haileamlak); Deputy Editor, The Lancet (James); Editor-in-Chief, Annals of Internal Medicine (Laine); Chief Editor, PLOS Medicine (Peiperl); Scientific Editor-in-Chief, Ugeskrift for Laeger (Danish Medical Journal) (Pinborg); Representative and Past President, World Association of Medical Editors (Sahni); Representative, Chinese Medical Journal (Wu)
MDPeush Sahni
Secretary, ICMJE, Executive Deputy Editor, Annals of Internal Medicine (Taichman); Representative and Associate Director for Library Operations, National Library of Medicine (Backus); Chief Scientific Editor, Deutsches Ärzteblatt (German Medical Journal) (Baethge); Editor-in-Chief, JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) and the JAMA Network (Bauchner); Editor-in-Chief, Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde (The Dutch Medical Journal) (de Leeuw); Editor-in-Chief, New England Journal of Medicine (Drazen); Editor-in-Chief, Canadian Medical Association Journal (Fletcher); Editor-in-Chief, New Zealand Medical Journal (Frizelle); Head of Research, British Medical Journal (Groves); Editor-in-Chief, Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences (Haileamlak); Deputy Editor, The Lancet (James); Editor-in-Chief, Annals of Internal Medicine (Laine); Chief Editor, PLOS Medicine (Peiperl); Scientific Editor-in-Chief, Ugeskrift for Laeger (Danish Medical Journal) (Pinborg); Representative and Past President, World Association of Medical Editors (Sahni); Representative, Chinese Medical Journal (Wu)
MBBS MS PhDSinan Wu
Secretary, ICMJE, Executive Deputy Editor, Annals of Internal Medicine (Taichman); Representative and Associate Director for Library Operations, National Library of Medicine (Backus); Chief Scientific Editor, Deutsches Ärzteblatt (German Medical Journal) (Baethge); Editor-in-Chief, JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) and the JAMA Network (Bauchner); Editor-in-Chief, Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde (The Dutch Medical Journal) (de Leeuw); Editor-in-Chief, New England Journal of Medicine (Drazen); Editor-in-Chief, Canadian Medical Association Journal (Fletcher); Editor-in-Chief, New Zealand Medical Journal (Frizelle); Head of Research, British Medical Journal (Groves); Editor-in-Chief, Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences (Haileamlak); Deputy Editor, The Lancet (James); Editor-in-Chief, Annals of Internal Medicine (Laine); Chief Editor, PLOS Medicine (Peiperl); Scientific Editor-in-Chief, Ugeskrift for Laeger (Danish Medical Journal) (Pinborg); Representative and Past President, World Association of Medical Editors (Sahni); Representative, Chinese Medical Journal (Wu)
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Sharing clinical trial data: a proposal from the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors
Darren B. Taichman, Joyce Backus, Christopher Baethge, Howard Bauchner, Peter W. de Leeuw, Jeffrey M. Drazen, John Fletcher, Frank A. Frizelle, Trish Groves, Abraham Haileamlak, Astrid James, Christine Laine, Larry Peiperl, Anja Pinborg, Peush Sahni, Sinan Wu
CMAJ Feb 2016, 188 (2) 91-92; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.151465
Sharing clinical trial data: a proposal from the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors
Darren B. Taichman, Joyce Backus, Christopher Baethge, Howard Bauchner, Peter W. de Leeuw, Jeffrey M. Drazen, John Fletcher, Frank A. Frizelle, Trish Groves, Abraham Haileamlak, Astrid James, Christine Laine, Larry Peiperl, Anja Pinborg, Peush Sahni, Sinan Wu
CMAJ Feb 2016, 188 (2) 91-92; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.151465