title: Pursuit of truly independent data monitoring committees in research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Primary Care and Population Health and Priment Clinical Trials Unit, UCL, London NW3 2PF, UK l.marston@ucl.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Louise
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Marston
authors.affiliation: Covance, Princeton, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: McKenzie
authors.affiliation: Department of Primary Care and Population Health and Priment Clinical Trials Unit, UCL, London NW3 2PF, UK.
authors.forename: Nick
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Freemantle
mesh_terms: D026661:Clinical Trials Data Monitoring Committees / Q000592:standards*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D003625:Data Collection / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D028744:Ethics Committees, Research; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012107:Research Design / Q000592:standards*; D012941:Social Responsibility