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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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 biomedical or ...

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 of Health grant ...

A drug, or biological product that is used in a clinical trial but has not been approved by the FDA (the drug is either not available for a doctor to prescribe or, is available, but not approved by ...

Primary purpose

Medical devices; Clinical trials

The one main reason for the clinical trial. Types of primary purposes include treatment, prevention, diagnostic, supportive care, screening, health services research, and basic science.

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).

Other adverse event

Medical devices; Clinical trials

An adverse event that is not a serious adverse event.

Factorial design

Medical devices; Clinical trials

Describes a clinical study in which groups of participants receive one of several combinations of interventions. For example, a two-by-two factorial design involves four groups of participants. Each ...