Data sharing in stepped-wedge cluster randomized trials: suboptimal data availability despite "data available upon request".

Goldstein CE, Armond ACV, Cobey KD, Voldal EC, Chen Y, Tingley K, Shaw JF, Heagerty PJ, Hemming K, Kenny A, Li F, Ouyang Y, Xia F, Moher D, Hughes JP, Taljaard M

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DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2026.112353
Published: 2026 Sep
Container: Journal of clinical epidemiology
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@article{allodium:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2026.112353,
  title = {Data sharing in stepped-wedge cluster randomized trials: suboptimal data availability despite "data available upon request".},
  author = {Goldstein CE and Armond ACV and Cobey KD and Voldal EC and Chen Y and Tingley K and Shaw JF and Heagerty PJ and Hemming K and Kenny A and Li F and Ouyang Y and Xia F and Moher D and Hughes JP and Taljaard M},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Journal of clinical epidemiology},
  doi = {10.1016/j.jclinepi.2026.112353},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2026.112353}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Data sharing in stepped-wedge cluster randomized trials: suboptimal data availability despite "data available upon request".
AU  - Goldstein CE
AU  - Armond ACV
AU  - Cobey KD
AU  - Voldal EC
AU  - Chen Y
AU  - Tingley K
AU  - Shaw JF
AU  - Heagerty PJ
AU  - Hemming K
AU  - Kenny A
AU  - Li F
AU  - Ouyang Y
AU  - Xia F
AU  - Moher D
AU  - Hughes JP
AU  - Taljaard M
PY  - 2026
JO  - Journal of clinical epidemiology
DO  - 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2026.112353
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2026.112353
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CE, G., ACV, A., KD, C., EC, V., Y, C., K, T., JF, S., PJ, H., K, H., A, K., F, L., Y, O., F, X., D, M., JP, H., & M, T. (2026). Data sharing in stepped-wedge cluster randomized trials: suboptimal data availability despite "data available upon request".. Journal of clinical epidemiology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2026.112353

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