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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study completion date

Medical devices; Clinical trials

The date that the final data for a clinical study were collected because the last study participant has made the final visit to the study location (that is, "last subject, last ...

other study id numbers

Medical devices; Clinical trials

Identification numbers assigned to the clinical study protocol by the sponsor, funders, or others. These include unique identifiers from other registries and National Institutes ...

arm type

Medical devices; Clinical trials

A general description of the clinical study arm. It identifies the role of the intervention that participants will receive. Types of arms include experimental, active comparator, ...

phase

Medical devices; Clinical trials

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) categories for describing the clinical trial of a drug based on the study's characteristics, such as the objective and number of participants. ...

enrollment

Medical devices; Clinical trials

The number of participants in a clinical study. The "estimated enrollment" is the number of participants that the researchers need for the study.

certain agreements

Medical devices; Clinical trials

As required by Section 801 of the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act, in general, a description of any agreement between the sponsor of a clinical study and the principal ...

blinding

Medical devices; Clinical trials

A clinical trial design strategy in which one or more parties involved with the trial, such as the investigator or participant, do not know which participants have been assigned ...