Session 4 - Preclinicaltrials.eu and data sharing

Registering a protocol before starting an experiment (preregistration) is essential to increase transparency, help avoid duplication, and reduce the risk of reporting bias. In this session, Julia Menon will discuss the benefits of preregistration for animal studies, explain the process and introduce the registry dedicated to animal study protocols – www.preclinicaltrials.eu.

Learning objectives:

1. Be able to describe three benefits of preregistration for animal studies
2. Understand the difference between ‘simple’ preregistration and registered reports
3. Be able to explain what Preclinicaltrials.eu is
4. Understand the advantages of using Preclinicaltrials.eu to preregister, in particular, related to transparency and data sharing

About the speaker:

Julia Menon is the Daily Director of Preclinicaltrials.eu. She has a background in medical biology but has evolved in her career through meta-research, particularly preclinical systematic reviews and qualitative studies. She is a junior research fellow at The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development, where she researches tools and methods to improve animal research’s transparency and robustness. Her current focus is on animal studies’ preregistration and how it may improve study quality and accessibility. She is also part of the SyRCLE’s network, is an administrator for the platform PROSPERO & is a section editor for Laboratory Animals.