University of Rochester

Guidance on Monitoring Clinical Trials

All clinical trials require safety monitoring. You may be required to submit a data safety-monitoring plan to an IRB, a NIH funding institute or an industry sponsor.

The following links contain useful information regarding clinical trial safety monitoring:

Regulations:

Guidance documents:

Templates:

The following templates are from the University of California at San Francisco. You may find them useful if you are required to develop a safety-monitoring plan.

The University of California site also has NIH institute specific requirement information which can be found at: