DSMB

Data & Safety Monitoring Board Clinical research A committee of independent clinical research experts who review data in ongoing clinical trials, ensuring that participants are not exposed to undue risk, and look for any differences in effectiveness between experimental and control groups. See Clinical research.

data safety monitoring board

, data and safety monitoring board,

DSMB

An independent group of scientists and concerned community members who oversee the interim findings of a research project to determine whether the research undertaken is proceeding without evidence of harm to the subjects enrolled in the study.

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Definition

DSMB➣Data Safety Monitoring Board

DSMB➣Delayed Surface Marker Buoy (SCUBA diving equipment)

DSMB➣Data Safety and Management Board (healthcare; various locations)