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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.

Contributors in Clinical trials

Clinical trials

Institutional Review Board

Pharmaceutical; Clinical trials

1. A committee of physicians, statisticians, researchers, community advocates, and others that ensures that a clinical trial is ethical and that the rights of study participants are protected. All ...

intent to treat

Pharmaceutical; Clinical trials

Analysis of clinical trial results that includes all data from participants in the groups to which they were randomized even if they never received the treatment.

intervention name

Pharmaceutical; Clinical trials

The generic name of the precise intervention being studied.

interventions

Pharmaceutical; Clinical trials

Primary interventions being studied: types of interventions are Drug, Gene Transfer, Vaccine, Behavior, Device, or Procedure.

investigational new drug

Pharmaceutical; Clinical trials

A new drug, antibiotic drug, or biological drug that is used in a clinical investigation. It also includes a biological product used in vitro for diagnostic purposes.

IRB

Pharmaceutical; Clinical trials

Institutional Review Board. 1. A committee of physicians, statisticians, researchers, community advocates, and others that ensures that a clinical trial is ethical and that the rights of study ...

masked

Pharmaceutical; Clinical trials

The knowledge of intervention assignment.

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