Data Safety Monitoring Boards In The Clinical Trials

 Date safety monitoring boards are occupying the critical role in the clinical trials. There are number of projects that are bumping into to the data safety monitoring boards in recent times.  The members of Data Safety Monitoring Committee are responsible for mentoring various aspects of the clinical trials and stop them in the middle if any violation is detected.

The responsibilities of Data monitoring review committees are confused with the responsibilities of IRBS. Though both them share some of the common responsibilities, they are not one and the same. The reason behind Data monitoring review committees reviewing the clinical trials may be many like patient safety concerns, increased awareness among the trial subjects and many more. The responsibility of the IRB lies in reviewing the clinical trial protocol where the responsibility of Data monitoring review committees lies in ensuing the clinical trial safety and efficiency