clinical trial — 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 • Syn: ↑clinical test •… … Useful english dictionary
phase III — 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 • Syn … Useful english dictionary
Clinical trial — Clinical trials are a set of procedures in medical research and drug development that are conducted to allow safety (or more specifically, information about adverse drug reactions and adverse effects of other treatments) and efficacy data to be… … Wikipedia
Clinical trial management — A clinical trial is the application of the scientific method to human health. Since such trials require the use of human test subjects and can severely impact the well being of the subjects, as well as treatments of other people and large amounts … Wikipedia
Clinical Trial Service Unit — Richard Doll Building. The Clinical Trial Services Unit (CTSU) is a medical research institute within Oxford University in the United Kingdom. It primarily conducts large scale clinical trials (phase III) and epidemiological studies of chronic… … Wikipedia
phase III trial — a clinical trial that uses a large sample of patients and is designed to compare the overall course of their disorder under the new treatment with its course untreated and treated with standard therapies previously used; studies are also done on… … Medical dictionary
clinical test — 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 • Syn: ↑clinical trial •… … Useful english dictionary
trial — A test or experiment, usually conducted under specific conditions. clinical t. a controlled experiment involving a defined set of human subjects, having a clinical event as an outcome measure, and intended to yield scientifically valid… … Medical dictionary
List of clinical research topics — Clinical research is the aspect of biomedical research that addresses the assessment of new pharmaceutical and biological drugs, medical devices and vaccines in humans. Contents 1 General topics 2 Drug terminology 3 T … Wikipedia
Glossary of clinical trials — A glossary of terms used in clinical trials. NOTOC CompactTOC8 side = yes refs = yes A * Activities of daily living:: The tasks of everyday life. These activities include eating, dressing, getting into or out of a bed or chair, taking a bath or… … Wikipedia