The International Survey of Acute Coronary Syndromes-ARCHIVES

Purpose

ISACS-TC investigators may deposit to the ISACS ARCHIVES their registry data acquired prior to the first submitted date of ISACS-TC at ClinicalTrials.gov (October 7, 2010). Non- ISACS investigators with ACS data are welcome to deposit their data to the ISACS ARCHIVES as well. In this case the data may have been acquired prior or later than October 7, 2010. The data in the ISACS ARCHIVES will be catalogued and made available to the general research community. The ISACS ARCHIVES will use an established informatics infrastructure, hosted and managed by the ISACS TC (NCT01218776) and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, California, which will enable the sharing and use of data. The NIH. Gov. Registration number for the ISACS ARCHIVES will serve as the key for ACS related data submissions to the contact persons.

Applicable Data The ISACS ARCHIVES will accept only de-identified data from human subjects' studies on ACS (for a definition of human subjects see: https://humansubjects.nih.gov/glossary). This will include data from clinical trials, epidemiological surveys, and other types of studies involving human subjects. Databases with significant genomic data (e.g., genome-wide association studies, medical sequencing, molecular diagnostic assays), are expected to be deposited as well. Likewise, physical bio-samples can be included in the ISACS ARCHIVES.

Data Sharing Procedures Data submitted to the ISACS ARCHIVES must be de-identified by the investigator prior to submission. Submitted data will be subjected to algorithms that check for basic data accuracy. Any problematic data items will be summarized in a report and returned to the investigator for corrective action, if necessary, before data are accepted. Data will be made available for sharing with general research community 2 months after the deposit. This 2-month embargo period will provide study investigators with protected time to check for basic data accuracy. After the embargo, the data will be made available for sharing with the general research community. Investigators will be able to gain access to ISACS ARCHIVES data by submitting a data access request to ISACS TC (NCT01218776) contact persons. Data requests will be reviewed by an ISACS ARCHIVES Data Access Committee. The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, California will collect data.

ISACS Data Archive Sharing The following is a summary of tasks and expectations related to submitting data to the ISACS ARCHIVES. The purpose of this summary is to provide an overview of data submission and data sharing via the ISACS ARCHIVES. This list only provides a summary of tasks.