Data Safety and Monitoring Boards

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 11 Mar 2004 English Publisher:Massachusetts Medical SocietyJournal:New England Journal of Medicine, volume 350, pages 1,143-1,147 (issn: 0028-4793, eissn: 1533-4406,

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Authors: Arthur S, Slutsky; James V, Lavery;

doi: 10.1056/nejmsb033476

pmid: 15014189

Data Safety and Monitoring Boards

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Abstract

Data safety and monitoring boards are part of many clinical trials. This Sounding Board article addresses the ethical issues facing board members when they make a decision to stop a clinical trial early or to continue it in the face of evidence that one treatment is more effective than another.

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Keywords

Informed Consent, Decision Making, Humans, Disclosure, Clinical Trials Data Monitoring Committees, Risk Assessment, Ethics Committees, Research

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