What is a Data Safety and Monitoring Board (DSMB), and how can it improve your study?

IRBs and funding agencies often require DSMBs for intervention studies. Find out what DSMBs do and how best to collaborate with them at a two-hour Tufts CTSI seminar, A Team-based Approach to Data and Safety Monitoring Boards (DSMBs). Led by clinical study experts, this interactive training will consist of didactic lectures, discussions, and group activities for investigators and their clinical study teams, including research fellows, coordinators, research nurses, data managers, biostatisticians, regulatory personnel, and IRB members.

Learning Objectives

After completing this course, you will be able to:

• Describe roles and responsibilities in working with a DSMB
• Locate DSMBs’ extended scientific expertise and support in the context of a disease, population, or intervention
• Recognize the importance of engaging a DSMB in an early stage of your study design
• Recognize DSMBs’ comprehensive approaches to safety monitoring as valuable steps for patient safety