title: The IRB is not a data and safety monitoring board.
authors.affiliation: Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bankert
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Amdur
mesh_terms: D016907:Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems / Q000458:organization & administration; D026661:Clinical Trials Data Monitoring Committees; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000592:standards; D028744:Ethics Committees, Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D033161:Government Regulation; D006801:Humans; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic / Q000592:standards