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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primary completion date

Medical devices; Clinical trials

The date that the last participant in a clinical study was examined or received an intervention and that data for the primary outcome measure were collected. Whether the clinical ...

open label

Medical devices; Clinical trials

Describes a clinical trial in which masking is not used. That means that all parties involved with the trial know which participants have been assigned which interventions.

results first received date

Medical devices; Clinical trials

The date that summary information about the results of a clinical study was first submitted.

eligibility criteria

Medical devices; Clinical trials

The key standards that people who want to participate in a clinical study must meet or the characteristics that they must have. These include inclusion criteria and exclusion ...

interventional study

Medical devices; Clinical trials

A clinical study in which participants are assigned to receive one or more interventions (or no intervention) so that researchers can evaluate the effects of the interventions on ...

clinical trial

Medical devices; Clinical trials

A clinical study in which participants are assigned to receive one or more interventions (or no intervention) so that researchers can evaluate the effects of the interventions on ...

principal investigator (PI)

Medical devices; Clinical trials

The person who is responsible for the scientific and technical direction of the entire clinical study (for example, for all sites of a multisite study).