Definition of Phase III

1. Noun. A large clinical trial of a treatment or drug that in phase I and phase II has been shown to be efficacious with tolerable side effects; after successful conclusion of these clinical trials it will receive formal approval from the FDA.

Exact synonyms: Phase Iii Clinical Trial
Generic synonyms: Clinical Test, Clinical Trial

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phase III

pharyngotympanic groove
pharyngotympanic tube
pharynx
pharynxes
phascogale
phascogales
phascolome
phascolomes
phase
phase-amplitude contrast
phase-contrast microscope
phase-locked loop
phase-shift keying
phase I
phase II
phase III (current term)
phase III clinical trial
phase II block
phase II clinical trial
phase IV
phase IV clinical trials
phase I block
phase I clinical trial
phase angle
phase change
phase contrast
phase contrast microscope
phase contrast microscopy
phase diagram
phase encoding

Literary usage of Phase III

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Small Business Innovation Research Program: The First Decade (1993)
"According to some program managers and contracting officers, the current uncertainties regarding the relationship between phase III and CICA have resulted ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Toxicological and teratological studies for phase II and phase III clinical studies. Although FDA may require very limited studies for clinical phase I ..."

3. SBIR Program Diversity and Assessment Challenges: Report of a Symposium by Charles W. Wessner (2004)
"It also learned that the companies achieved approximately $1 billion in Phase III funding (sales or further development funding), approximately three times ..."

4. Machinery's Encyclopedia: A Work of Reference Covering Practical Mathematics by Erik Oberg, Franklin Day Jones (1917)
"... 4-4 single-phase, III, 390-2 speed, III, 395-2 switchboard control, VI, 151-2 synchronizing, III, 394-3 temperature rise, III, 395-3 three-phase, III, ..."

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