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Clinical trials

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

Contributors in Clinical trials

Clinical trials

Recruiting

Medical devices; Clinical trials

The clinical study is currently recruiting participants. A type of recruitment status.

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 visit"). The ...

Participant flow

Medical devices; Clinical trials

A summary of the progress of participants through each stage of a clinical study, by study arm. This includes the number of participants who started, completed, and dropped out of the study.

Single group design

Medical devices; Clinical trials

Describes a clinical trial in which all participants receive the same intervention. One type of intervention model.

Diagnosis

Medical devices; Clinical trials

The identifying of a disease or injury by a doctor. To make a diagnosis, doctors examine a person.

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, placebo comparator, ...

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 investigator (PI) ...

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