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.