Transparency in research: SI-BONE to make clinical trial data accessible via Yale YODA Project (YaleNews)
With the ultimate goal of fostering transparency and improving the health of patients, the Yale University Open Data Access (YODA) Project has entered an agreement with SI-BONE, Inc. that will enable researchers across the world to gain access to the company’s key clinical studies of the iFuse Implant System®, a minimally invasive surgical device used to treat certain disorders of the sacroiliac joint.
SI-BONE will share data from their SIFI (Sacroiliac Joint Fusion With iFuse Implant System) study, and plans to share data from two additional trials within the next six months. This partnership establishes an independent process that promotes open science and has a goal of leveraging prior research investments to produce new knowledge.
The YODA Project, which is part of the Yale-New Haven Hospital Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE), will continue in its established role as a trusted intermediary and will perform an independent scientific review of requests for data access by non-study investigators. The YODA Project will have complete decision-making authority ov...
