“…Although there are potential benefi ts to IPD sharing, there are also many barriers that have yet to be addressed [6,8,9,10,11]. Contentious issues include consent for data sharing and the sharing of anonymized data, sustainable infrastructure and resources to support the preparation of IPD and metadata, and the heterogeneity of data repositories and related tools [9,12,13]. Also, limited guidance exists on the role of the primary research team in preparing IPD, the responsibilities of secondary research teams to ensure valid analyses, and the process by which confl icting fi ndings should be reconciled [14,15].…”