Longitudinal Follow-Up of Patients with Heart Failure

Validation of cohort access requests 1. General Conditions. Access to clinical, neuropsychological and socioeconomic data, as well as biological samples, shall be possible for both private and public teams that participated in the creation of such collections and teams located in France or abroad. Requests for transferring data (clinical, neuropsychological or socioeconomic) and assigning biological samples will be validated by the scientific committee involved in the study, who will issue its decision based on: – the scientific relevance of the proposed study; – non-competition with research already begun by teams participating in creating the collection; – sample availability. It should be noted in this context that the requirements for obtaining available biological data by type and number shall differ from clinical, neuropsychological or socioeconomic data requirements. The ownership of results and potential terms of transfer (price, publications, etc.) will be drawn up in a contract. 2. Access conditions for clinical data. The availability of clinical, neuropsychological or socioeconomic data will be finalised following approval by the steering committee. The requested items will be sent in the form of a database. 3. Access conditions for biological material. The availability of human biological materials kept at the biological resource centre (CRB) as part of the COSED cohort will be finalised according to that set forth in the Research Collaboration Contract previously established between the Fondation FondaMental and heads from various organisations. The contract shall specify the beginning and end of the study; CRB obligations regarding the expected deliverables; guarantees regarding the quality and security of stored samples (preserving anonymity, monitoring temperature, etc.). The financial commitment terms should also be reiterated. Samples will only be available by written request from the initiator throughout the duration of the study (Transfer Agreement). The Transfer Agreement authorises the release of certain samples according to specific conditions (recipient, transport cost, return of unused samples, publication requirements, etc.). All requests are approved in advance by the collection scientific committee, whose members include the head of the CRB in Mondor and the CRB in Pitié-Salpêtrière. Secondary use biological samples for research other than that initially planned is not possible without prior consent and following approval from the cohort scientific committee, as well as the establishment of a Transfer Agreement between the CRB. In the event of biomedical research organised by a public institution or private organisation, the use of human biological samples for research must involve drafting a Material Transfer Agreement (MTA); a contract that ensures the protection of intellectual property belonging to the Fondation FondaMental for research development and patent applications.