Data Safety and Monitoring Boards
- 11 March 2004
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 350 (11) , 1143-1147
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmsb033476
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.Keywords
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