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Data monitoring committee ends behavioral COPD trial early

Scheduled safety monitoring should occur during behavioral intervention trials in case of unexpected outcomes, according to the authors of one such study for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that recorded excess deaths in the intervention group.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/05/15/6.htm
15 May 2012