Clinical trials

Clinical trials

Clinical trials are sets of tests performed for medical research and drug development which is used to extract safety and efficacy data.

Industry: Medical devices; Pharmaceutical

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title acronym

Medical devices; Clinical trials

The acronym or initials used to identify a clinical study, if provided. For example, the title acronym for the Women's Health Initiative is "WHI."

A group of participants that receives a procedure or device that is made to be indistinguishable from the actual procedure or device being studied but does not contain active processes or components. ...

unknown recruitment status

Medical devices; Clinical trials

A clinical study with a status of recruiting; not yet recruiting; or active, not recruiting and whose status has not been confirmed within the past 2 years. Studies with an unknown recruitment status ...

clinical study

Medical devices; Clinical trials

A research study using human subjects to evaluate the effect of interventions or exposures on biomedical or health-related outcomes. Two types of clinical studies are interventional studies (or ...

results submission

Medical devices; Clinical trials

The process of submitting and updating summary information about the results of a clinical study to a structured, public Web-based results database.

study type

Medical devices; Clinical trials

Describes the nature of a clinical study. Study types include interventional studies (or clinical trials), observational studies, and expanded access.

primary outcome measure

Medical devices; Clinical trials

The planned outcome measure in the protocol that is the most important for evaluating the effect of an intervention. Most clinical studies have one primary outcome measure, but some may have more ...