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# Data Monitoring Draft Guidance Released
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/data-monitoring-draft-guidance-released/
- Published: 2024-02-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T14:22:51.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: FDA Policy/General, #legacy-id-D5156349

*Federal Register* notice: FDA is making available a draft guidance entitled “Use of Data Monitoring Committees in Clinical Trials.” The document is intended to assist trial sponsors in determining when a data monitoring committee would be useful for trial monitoring and what procedures and practices should be considered to guide their operation. To view the notice, click [here](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-02-13/pdf/2024-02849.pdf?ref=fdaweb.com).