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Clinical trials
Clinical trials are sets of tests performed for medical research and drug development which is used to extract safety and efficacy data.
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Clinical trials
controlled trial
Medical devices; Clinical trials
A type of clinical trial in which observations made during the trial are compared to a standard (called the control). The control may be observations from a group of participants in the same trial or ...
open studies
Medical devices; Clinical trials
Studies that are currently recruiting participants, will be recruiting participants in the future, or involve drugs that are available for expanded access. Recruitment statuses include: * ...
study record
Medical devices; Clinical trials
An data entry that contains summary protocol information about a clinical study, such as recruitment status, eligibility criteria, contact information, and in some cases summary results.
experimental arm
Medical devices; Clinical trials
A group of participants that receives the intervention that is the focus of the study. One of several arm types.
human subjects review board
Medical devices; Clinical trials
A group of people who review, approve, and monitor the clinical study protocol. Their role is to protect the rights and welfare of human research subjects participating in a study. The group ...
closed studies
Medical devices; Clinical trials
Clinical studies that are no longer recruiting participants because they have enough participants already, because they are completed, or because they have been stopped for some reason. This also ...
quorum sensing
Pharmaceutical; Clinical trials
An ability known to be present in most forms of bacteria that allows the individual organisms to sense how many similar organisms are in the vicinity, and modify their behavior accordingly. This ...