Duke COVID-19 Shared Data and Specimen Repository

The aim of this data repository is to provide a secure and centralized storage location and
resource for the collection of core variables of interest, as well as the retaining of
relevant patient samples, across COVID-19 related protocols at Duke. The core data variables
were in-part selected to specifically match those agreed upon by Academic Medical Centers
across the U.S., with the intention of aiding the efficiency and effectiveness of
de-identified data reuse for population-level research. An additional benefit is that
centralized, shared data storage of demographic and longitudinal variables will reduce
subject burden, as many questions will now only need to be asked once, rather than each time
a given subject joins another COVID-19 related study at Duke.

This shared data and bio-repository project will house all the core data for all patients
with COVID-19 (or suspected cases), as well as individual participants ICFs for all other
participating COVID-19 studies enrolling Duke patients. Each participating study will have
its own separate IRB approved protocol. Samples may be either collected specifically by the
protocol, or include left-over clinical samples from the testing and treatment of patients
with COVID-19 at Duke.