Data & Safety Monitoring Board-DSMB
Data & Safety Monitoring Board-DSMB : A standing committee responsible for periodically reviewing accumulated data for evidence of adverse or beneficial treatment effects during the trial and for initiating recommendations for modification of a study treatment, including termination of the treatment when appropriate. One of the key committees in the organizational structure of a multicenter trial. Usually composed primarily, if not exclusively, of individuals not directly involved in patient care or data collection in the trial