Definition of Phase IV

1. Noun. Sometimes the FDA approves a drug for general use but requires the manufacturer to continue to monitor its effects; during this phase the drug may be tried on slightly different patient populations than those studied in earlier trials.

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phase IV

phascogale
phascogales
phascolome
phascolomes
phase
phase-amplitude contrast
phase-contrast microscope
phase-locked loop
phase-shift keying
phase I
phase II
phase III
phase III clinical trial
phase II block
phase II clinical trial
phase IV (current term)
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
phase function
phase functions
phase image
phase in

Literary usage of Phase IV

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

1. Conflict Resolution Education: A Guide to Implementing Programs in Schools ...by Donna Crawford by Donna Crawford (1996)
"phase IV: Educate a Critical Mass * Conduct faculty inservice training. * Conduct student -workshops. * Provide family and community orientation. ..."

2. Control of Tobacco-related Cancers and Other Diseases: Proceedings of an by Prakash C. Gupta, James E. Hamner, P. R. Murti (1992)
"phase IV — Defined population studies: phase IV studies are designed to quantify the impact of an effective intervention in a large sample representative of ..."

3. The Art of Debate by Warren Choate Shaw (1922)
"... the constructive proof for the Negative of Phase V will be the same as the refutation for the Negative of phase IV. To illustrate: If, in Burke's case ..."

4. Machinery's Encyclopedia: A Work of Reference Covering Practical Mathematics by Erik Oberg, Franklin Day Jones (1917)
"... IV, 469-5 changed voltage, III, 8-4 comparison between 2- and з-phase, IV, 468-4 comparison between 25- and 6o-cycles, IV, 468-4 connections, wrong. ..."

5. Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran/Contra Affair by Lee H. Hamilton, Daniel K. Inouye (1995)
"Phases I-II-III" 3 Secord described the phase IV profit as an December shipment ... has been allocated to phase IV 4 Hakim testified that the February 7, ..."

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