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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Placebo

Pharmaceutical; Clinical trials

A placebo is an inactive pill, liquid, or powder that has no treatment value. In clinical trials, experimental treatments are often compared with placebos to assess the treatment's effectiveness.

Pharmacokinetics

Pharmaceutical; Clinical trials

The processes (in a living organism) of absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of a drug or vaccine.

Toxicity

Pharmaceutical; Clinical trials

An adverse effect produced by a drug that is detrimental to the participant's health. The level of toxicity associated with a drug will vary depending on the condition which the drug is used to ...

1. Information gathered at the beginning of a study from which variations found in the study are measured. 2. A known value or quantity with which an unknown is compared when measured or assessed. 3. ...

benzyl alcohol

Pharmaceutical; Clinical trials

(Ph.Eur. Monograph 01/2005:0256) DEFINITION Phenylmethanol. Content : 98.0 per cent to 100.5 per cent. CHARACTERS Appearance: clear, colourless, oily liquid. Solubility : soluble in water, miscible ...

quorum sensing

Pharmaceutical; Clinical trials

Opportunities to participate in many types of bacteria known, allowing individual organisms to feel as much like organisms are nearby, and to change their behaviour. This problem can be bacteria, in ...

masking

Medical devices; Clinical trials

Clinical trial design strategy in which one or more of the Contracting Parties shall cooperate with the trial, as a researcher or participant, and do not know which participants were assigned to ...