Medical devices

Medical devices

Any instrument, appliance or machine that facilitates the prevention,diagnosis and treatment of illness, physical or mental injury, by a medical professional.

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efficacy

Pharmaceutical; Clinical trials

(Of a drug or treatment). The maximum ability of a drug or treatment to produce a result regardless of dosage. A drug passes efficacy trials if it is effective at the dose tested ...

eligibility criteria

Pharmaceutical; Clinical trials

Summary criteria for participant selection; includes Inclusion and Exclusion criteria.

empirical

Pharmaceutical; Clinical trials

Based on experimental data, not on a theory.

enrolling

Pharmaceutical; Clinical trials

The act of signing up participants into a study. Generally this process involves evaluating a participant with respect to the eligibility criteria of the study and going through ...

exclusion/inclusion criteria

Pharmaceutical; Clinical trials

See Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria.

expanded access

Pharmaceutical; Clinical trials

Refers to any of the FDA procedures, such as compassionate use, parallel track, and treatment IND that distribute experimental drugs to participants who are failing on currently ...