Data request

Data request

See the Procedure for requesting real-life data for research here and simultaneous management with CEICA here.

To request access to BIGAN data, the following steps must be followed:

• Preparation and presentation of the research protocol and other necessary documentation, for approval by the CEICA, and request document to access BIGAN data.

• In case of any doubt or observation regarding the data request, the Biocomputing Unit will contact the researcher to clarify the doubts or modify the request in the most appropriate way to the objectives of the research project. Finally, the Biocomputing Unit will issue a feasibility report that will be sent directly to CEICA. This feasibility report is mandatory for the CEICA to approve the research project.
• Once the approval has been granted by CEICA, it will inform the Biocomputing Unit to proceed with the extraction of data or grant access to it by the researcher.

The process of data extraction and preparation for research projects are subject to fees. The cost of the extraction service, which must be taken into account when estimating the budget of the projects presented, is intended to finance the cost of the technological infrastructure and the services provided by the IACS for making the data available, and in no way case is considered a “sale” of the data.

Data access

Any research group or consortium that wishes to carry out a biomedical research project with health data in Aragon can request access to health data managed by BIGAN, provided that it meets the following requirements:

• The applicant group or, in the case of a consortium of research groups, one of its members, must be part of the Aragon research system.
• The objective of the research must be non-profit, and have a clear social interest
• The protocol of the research project must be approved by the Aragon Clinical Research Ethics Committee (CEICA) or by another recognized Clinical Research Ethics Committee.
• The project must have a corresponding feasibility report from the IACS Biocomputing Unit, verifying the availability of the requested data, its suitability for the project at hand, and compliance with all security, privacy, and data minimization requirements required by current regulations. To this end this, the applicant must submit, along with the research protocol, a data management plan (DMP)
• Projects being carried out or completed using data extracted from BIGAN will be publicized via this website, as well as the key findings thereof, in order to demonstrate to citizens the use and benefits associated with the analysis of their health data information.