Yale University Open Data Access (YODA) Project

The Yale University Open Data Access (YODA) Project has developed a model to facilitate access to patient-level clinical research data to promote wider availability of clinical trial data and independent analysis by external investigators.

The YODA Project model provides a means for rigorous and objective evaluation of clinical trial data to ensure that patients and physicians possess all necessary information about a drug or device when making treatment decisions. This process includes both coordinating independent examinations of all relevant product data by two separate qualified research groups and making all patient-level clinical research data available for analysis by other external investigators. The model is designed to provide industry with confidence that the analyses will be scientifically rigorous, objective and fair.