It is a crucial part of trial conduct, improving the safety of the participants, the quality of the data, and the trial integrity.
The purpose of monitoring can be summarised as:
- Keeping participants safe and respecting their rights having data that can be trusted.
- Making sure the trial is being run as it was meant to be.
- Improving the way the trial is run.
- Preventing problems before they happen.
- Love SB et al. What is the purpose of clinical trial monitoring? Trials 2022; 23:836-842 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9526458/
