Dataset of methylation data from eosinophil samples isolated from whole blood

Policy associated with the DAC for the Canadian Biobank on Respiratory and Allergic diseases (CoBRA)

DATA ACCESS AGREEMENT These terms and conditions govern access to the managed access datasets (details of which are set out in Appendix I) to which the User Institution has requested access. The User Institution agrees to be bound by these terms and conditions. Definitions Authorised Personnel: The individuals at the User Institution to whom Pre Catherine Laprise grants access to the Data. This includes the User, the individuals listed in Appendix II and any other individuals for whom the User Institution subsequently requests access to the Data. Details of the initial Authorised Personnel are set out in Appendix II. Data: The managed access datasets to which the User Institution has requested access. Data Producers: Pre Catherine Laprise and the collaborators listed in Appendix I responsible for the development, organisation, and oversight of these Data. External Collaborator: A collaborator of the User, working for an institution other than the User Institution. Project: The project for which the User Institution has requested access to these Data. A description of the Project is set out in Appendix II. Publications: Includes, without limitation, articles published in print journals, electronic journals, reviews, books, posters and other written and verbal presentations of research. Research Participant: An individual whose data form part of these Data. Research Purposes: Shall mean research that is seeking to advance the understanding of genetics and genomics, including the treatment of disorders, and work on statistical methods that may be applied to such research. User: The principal investigator for the Project. User Institution(s): The Institution that has requested access to the Data. Pre Catherine Laprise institution: Université du Québec à Chicoutimi Département des sciences fondamentales 555 Boulevard de l’Université Saguenay (Québec), CANADA G7H 2B1 1. The User Institution agrees to only use these Data for the purpose of the Project (described in Appendix II) and only for Research Purposes. The User Institution further agrees that it will only use these Data for Research Purposes which are within the limitations (if any) set out in Appendix I. 2. The User Institution agrees to preserve, at all times, the confidentiality of these Data. In particular, it undertakes not to use, or attempt to use these Data to compromise or otherwise infringe the confidentiality of information on Research Participants. Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the User Institution agrees to use at least the measures set out in Appendix I to protect these Data. 3. The User Institution agrees to protect the confidentiality of Research Participants in any research papers or publications that they prepare by taking all reasonable care to limit the possibility of identification. 4. The User Institution agrees not to link or combine these Data to other information or archived data available in a way that could re-identify the Research Participants, even if access to that data has been formally granted to the User Institution or is freely available without restriction. 5. The User Institution agrees only to transfer or disclose these Data, in whole or part, or any material derived from these Data, to the Authorised Personnel. Should the User Institution wish to share these Data with an External Collaborator, the External Collaborator must complete a separate application for access to these Data. 6. The User Institution agrees that the Data Producers, and all other parties involved in the creation, funding or protection of these Data: a) make no warranty or representation, express or implied as to the accuracy, quality or comprehensiveness of these Data; b) exclude to the fullest extent permitted by law all liability for actions, claims, proceedings, demands, losses (including but not limited to loss of profit), costs, awards damages and payments made by the Recipient that may arise (whether directly or indirectly) in any way whatsoever from the Recipient’s use of these Data or from the unavailability of, or break in access to, these Data for whatever reason and; c) bear no responsibility for the further analysis or interpretation of these Data. 7. The User Institution agrees to follow the Fort Lauderdale Guidelines (http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/stellent/groups/corporatesite/@policy_communications/documents/web_document/wtd003207.pdf ) and the Toronto Statement (http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v461/n7261/full/461168a.html). This includes but is not limited to recognising the contribution of the Data Producers and including a proper acknowledgement in all reports or publications resulting from the use of these Data. 8. The User Institution agrees to follow the Publication Policy in Appendix III. This includes respecting the moratorium period for the Data Producers to publish the first peer-reviewed report describing and analysing these Data. 9. The User Institution agrees not to make intellectual property claims on these Data and not to use intellectual property protection in ways that would prevent or block access to, or use of, any element of these Data, or conclusion drawn directly from these Data. 10. The User Institution can elect to perform further research that would add intellectual and resource capital to these data and decide to obtain intellectual property rights on these downstream discoveries. In this case, the User Institution agrees to implement licensing policies that will not obstruct further research and to follow the U.S. National Institutes of Health Best Practices for the Licensing of Genomic Inventions (2005) (https://www.icgc.org/files/daco/NIH_BestPracticesLicensingGenomicInventions_2005_en.pdf ) in conformity with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Guidelines for the Licensing of the Genetic Inventions (2006) (http://www.oecd.org/science/biotech/36198812.pdf ). 11. The User Institution agrees to destroy/discard the Data held, once it is no longer used for the Project, unless obliged to retain the data for archival purposes in conformity with audit or legal requirements. 12. The User Institution will notify Pre Catherine Laprise within 30 days of any changes or departures of Authorised Personnel. 13. The User Institution will notify Pre Catherine Laprise prior to any significant changes to the protocol for the Project. 14. The User Institution will notify Pre Catherine Laprise as soon as it becomes aware of a breach of the terms or conditions of this agreement. 15. Pre Catherine Laprise may terminate this agreement by written notice to the User Institution. If this agreement terminates for any reason, the User Institution will be required to destroy any Data held, including copies and backup copies. This clause does not prevent the User Institution from retaining these data for archival purpose in conformity with audit or legal requirements. 16. The User Institution accepts that it may be necessary for the Data Producers to alter the terms of this agreement from time to time. As an example, this may include specific provisions relating to the Data required by Data Producers other than Pre Catherine Laprise. In the event that changes are required, the Data Producers or their appointed agent will contact the User Institution to inform it of the changes and the User Institution may elect to accept the changes or terminate the agreement. 17. If requested, the User Institution will allow data security and management documentation to be inspected to verify that it is complying with the terms of this agreement. 18. The User Institution agrees to distribute a copy of these terms to the Authorised Personnel. The User Institution will procure that the Authorised Personnel comply with the terms of this agreement. 19. This agreement (and any dispute, controversy, proceedings or claim of whatever nature arising out of this agreement or its formation) shall be construed, interpreted and governed by the laws of Canada and shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Canadian courts. Agreed for User Institution Signature:   Name:   Title:   Date:   Principal Investigator I confirm that I have read and understood this Agreement. Signature:   Name:   Title: Date:   Agreed for Pre Catherine Laprise Signature:   Name:   Title:   Date:   APPENDIX I – DATASET DETAILS APPENDIX II ––PROJECT DETAILS APPENDIX III –– PUBLICATION POLICY APPENDIX I – DATASET DETAILS Dataset reference (EGA Study ID and Dataset Details) EGA study ID: EGAS00001002986 The Saguenay−Lac-Saint-Jean asthma familial cohort was built by Pre Catherine Laprise in 1998-2005 and a follow-up of the respiratory health of the research participants is currently underway. The cohort has been described in Genes Immun. 2014 Apr;15(4):247-55. It includes 1,394 samples distributed in 271 independent families. GWAS data is available for 1,214 samples and imputed data is available for 1,200 samples. Methylation data is available for 193 samples (167 from whole blood samples, 193 from CD4+ T cells and 186 from eosinophil samples) and expression data is available for 171 samples (171 CD4+ T cells samples and 146 eosinophil samples). The clinical evaluation of research participants was made using respiratory measures (forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1), methacholine challenge (PC20), etc.) and questionnaires from the American Thoracic Society (ATS) about general health and respiratory and allergy symptoms. More than 75 phenotypes are available for the majority of the participants. In this study about rare and low frequency variants in founder populations, genotyping data (array (n=1 214) and sequence (n=447)) and methylation data (array (whole-blood samples n=167 and isolated eosinophils n=24)) were used along with phenotypic data (asthma, FEV1, forced vital capacity (FVC), immunoglobulin E, FEV1/FVC, age and sex). These data are deposited in the EGA study EGAS00001002986. Name of project that created the dataset This is the official name of the project (in French, English version will follow): Caractéristiques génétiques de proches parents de sujets asthmatiques allergiques provenant de familles nombreuses de la région du Saguenay‒Lac-Saint-Jean English translation: Genetic characteristic of close relatives of allergic asthmatics from large families living in the Saguenay‒Lac-Saint-Jean region During the follow-up procedure of the respiratory health of the research participants included in the above project, samples are now transferred to the: Biobanque canadienne-française sur les troubles respiratoires et l’allergie English translation: French-Canadian biobank on respiratory disorders and allergy Names of other data producers/collaborators NA Specific limitations on areas of research The research participants of this cohort have agreed, in the consent form, to the use of their phenotypic and genetic data in research projects on respiratory disorders and allergy. They also gave their consent about the use of these two types of data as control data in studies on other disorders. According to the consent forms and the biobank guidelines of the Biobanque canadienne-française sur les troubles respiratoires et l’allergie, these studies have to be led by Pre Catherine Laprise or collaborators and approved by scientific and ethic committees. Minimum protection measures required All research project must be approved by a scientific and an ethic committee. Biologic (genetic, epigenetic, etc.) and phenotypic data must be kept in secured computers or supercomputers, as those of Compute Canada (with password and encrypted data transfer between platforms if transfer is necessary). All data must be destroyed at the end of the project approved by this agreement and a confirmation must be sent to Pre Catherine Laprise after destruction of the data. File access: Data can be held in unencrypted files on an institutional compute system, with Unix user group read/write access for one or more appropriate groups but not Unix world read/write access behind a secure firewall. Laptops holding these data should have password protected logins and screenlocks (set to lock after 5 min of inactivity). If held on USB keys or other portable hard drives, the data must be encrypted. APPENDIX II – PROJECT DETAILS (to be completed by the Requestor) Details of dataset requested i.e., EGA Study and Dataset Accession Number Brief abstract of the Project in which the Data will be used (500 words max) All Individuals who the User Institution to be named as registered users Name of Registered User Email Job Title Supervisor* All Individuals that should have an account created at the EGA Name of Registered User Email Job Title APPENDIX III – PUBLICATION POLICY Pre Catherine Laprise intend to publish the results of their analysis of this dataset and do not consider its deposition into public databases to be the equivalent of such publications. Pre Catherine Laprise anticipate that the dataset could be useful to other qualified researchers for a variety of purposes. However, some areas of work are subject to a publication moratorium. The publication moratorium covers any publications (including oral communications) that describe the use of the dataset. For research papers, submission for publication should not occur until 6 months after these data were first made available on the relevant hosting database, unless Pre Catherine Laprise has provided written consent to earlier submission. In any publications based on these data, please describe how the data can be accessed, including the name of the hosting database (e.g., The European Genome-phenome Archive at the European Bioinformatics Institute) and its accession numbers (e.g., EGAS00000000029), and include Pre Catherine Laprise as coauthor of the study in each publication involving her dataset study.