Dataset Directory: Repository Profile

Repository: National Institute on Drug Abuse Data Share (NIDA Data Share)

Basic Information
Repository Full Name National Institute on Drug Abuse Data Share
Repository Acronym NIDA Data Share
General Theme or Special Population

Drug abuse, Drug addiction, Substance use disorders (SUDs)
Summary

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) mission is to lead the nation in bringing the power of science to bear on drug abuse and addiction. NIDA Data Share is a data repository that allows data from completed clinical trials focused on drug abuse and addiction to be distributed to investigators and the public in order to promote new research, encourage further analyses, and disseminate information to the community. 
Key Terms

Drug abuse, Drug addiction, Clinical trials, Behavioral interventions, Pharmacological interventions, Integrated treatment interventions, Assessments
Sponsoring Agency/Entity

National Institutes of Health (NIH),

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Datasets Information
Data Type(s)

Clinical trials
Continent(s)

Primarily North American based studies 
Countries

Primarily United States based studies
Strengths and Limitations
Strengths

The following information is posted for each study:

  • Study protocol
  • References to publication(s) regarding study's primary outcome
  • Data sets (SAS and ASCII formats)
  • Annotated case report forms
  • Define file (also known as Data Dictionary)
  • Study-specific de-identification notes
  • Listing of assessments used & links to further information regarding them
Limitations

NIDA site includes the following disclaimer :

The trial data sets available on this NIDA Data Share website are derived from the complete trial database. Analysis data sets such as those utilized to develop publications are not included on this website. Please see the primary manuscript or contact the lead investigator for details.

https://datashare.nida.nih.gov/ 
Data Repository Details
Primary Website

https://datashare.nida.nih.gov/ 
Repository Tools

Filter data by division and extensive list of keywords

Divisions:

  • Clinical Trials Network (CTN)
  • Division of Therapeutics and Medical Consequences (DTMC)
  • Studies conducted under an NIH grant (GRNT)
  • Other

Assessment list:  Basic descriptions of over 250 behavioral and clinical assessments used in NIDA studies with links to studies that utilized them :

https://datashare.nida.nih.gov/assessments
Data Submission Requirements

Data Share Policy:

https://datashare.nida.nih.gov/content/data-share-policy 
Data Submission Process

The following is required per protocol:

  1. Data set (SAS)
  2. Data set (ASCII)
  3. Annotated Case Report Forms, Define file (aka data dictionary)
  4. Study protocol. The Investigators can provide an abbreviated protocol for sharing purposes, attached with the final study report
  5. Reference to study publication of primary outcome
Data Access

Data Use agreement, No cost
Data Access Requirements

Registration agreement:

https://datashare.nida.nih.gov/content/registration-agreement