The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) named 11 experts and leaders in clinical research, data analysis, statistics, and patient advocacy as judges for the SPRINT Data Analysis Challenge, a competition that aims to demonstrate the potential of sharing clinical trial data.
The SPRINT Data Analysis Challenge invites individuals and groups to analyze the dataset underlying the SPRINT article, 'A Randomized Trial of Intensive versus Standard Blood-Pressure Control,' and identify a novel scientific or clinical finding that advances medical science. The judges will review entries based on originality and novelty of the findings discovered, the utility of those findings to clinical medicine, and the quality and clarity of the methods used.
The SPRINT Data Analysis Challenge consists of two rounds - a Qualifying Round and a Challenge Round; the Challenge Round opens December 1. Participants must complete the Qualifying Round to become eligible to enter the Challenge Round. The Qualifying Round is open from November 15 – January 20 and requires participants to correctly answer one of two questions based on the SPRINT dataset.
The Challenge Round is open from December 1 – February 14. Challenge Round submissions will be evaluated by the judges' panel and will also be open to evaluation by the public for crowd voting.
For those who have registered to receive it, SPRINT trial data is now available for download from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health. Since registration for the SPRINT Data Analysis Challenge opened on September 15, more than 1,450 individuals from around the world have registered for news and updates. The SPRINT Challenge is open to health care professionals, researchers, and scientists from around the world. Participants with the best entries have the opportunity to compete for a prize and to present their findings at the Aligning Incentives for Sharing Clinical Trial Data summit and web event on April 3-4, 2017, in Boston, MA.
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