Data and Safety Monitoring Board

Definition / meaning of Data and Safety Monitoring Board

An impartial group that oversees a clinical trial and reviews the results to see if they are acceptable. This group determines if the trial should be changed or closed. Also called DSMB.

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The Web site of the National Cancer Institute (http://www.cancer.gov/)

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