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Definition of Clinical trial
1. Noun. A rigorously controlled test of a new drug or a new invasive medical device on human subjects; in the United States it is conducted under the direction of the FDA before being made available for general clinical use.
Generic synonyms: Run, Test, Trial
Specialized synonyms: Phase I, Phase I Clinical Trial, Phase Ii, Phase Ii Clinical Trial, Phase Iii, Phase Iii Clinical Trial, Phase Iv, Phase Iv Clinical Trial
Definition of Clinical trial
1. Noun. (medicine) A comparison test of a medication or other medical treatment (such as a medical device), versus a placebo (inactive look-a-like), other medications or devices, or the standard medical treatment for a patient's condition. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Clinical trial
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Clinical Trial
Literary usage of Clinical trial
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Identifying Health Technologies That Work: Searching For Evidence by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"clinical trial timing, protocols, settings, and the nature of cost measurements
... Influence of Clinical Protocol on Resource Use clinical trial protocols ..."
2. Getting HIV-Positive Youth Into Care: Issues and Opportunities-A Study of edited by Barry Leonard (1997)
"In addition, many clinical trial sites are not accessible for youth. Young people
need help (eg, transportation, child care) to facilitate their ..."
3. Crossing Boundaries: Statistical Essays in Honor of Jack Hall by William Jackson Hall, John Edward Kolassa, David Oakes (2003)
"We introduce and motivate this problem in terms of a survival-analysis based
clinical trial with two strata, but similar considerations apply for other ..."
4. Osteoporosis Research, Education and Health Promotion (1993)
"Pathogenesis and Prevention of Osteoporosis (P01 AR 38933). At the University of
Connecticut, a randomized, controlled clinical trial of exercise ..."
5. Second Report of the Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of ...by Scott M. Grundy by Scott M. Grundy (1997)
"The number of subjects, duration, and resulting costs of a single controlled
clinical trial designed to demonstrate an impact on total mortality have been ..."
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