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DSMB
(redirected from Data safety monitoring board)

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DSMBData Safety Monitoring Board
DSMBDelayed Surface Marker Buoy (SCUBA diving equipment)
DSMBData Safety and Management Board (healthcare; various locations)


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To date, there have been nine positive safety reviews from the Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB).
The BART data safety monitoring board (DSMB) notified the trials' executive committee two weeks ago that an interim analysis indicated that Trasylol treatment appeared to reduce bleeding, but an increase in all-cause mortality almost reached conventional statistical significance for 30-day mortality for patients in the Trasylol treatment arm compared to patients who received either aminocaproic acid or tranexamic acid.
As there were 20 HIV infections among the intervention group and 49 among the control group, the trial was stopped at interim analysis, 14 months into the study, at the request of the data safety monitoring board, and all men in the control group were offered circumcision.
 
 
 
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