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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Study design

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The investigative methods used in the clinical study. For interventional studies, these include primary purpose, intervention model , masking or blinding, and allocation.

Inclusion criteria

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The factors or reasons that allow a person to participate in a clinical study.

Publications

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Published scientific articles or abstracts about a clinical study.

Baseline characteristics

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Data collected at the beginning of a clinical study for all participants and for each arm or comparison group. These data include demographics, such as age and gender, and study-specific measures ...

Interventional study

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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 ...

Observational study

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A clinical study in which participants identified as belonging to study groups are assessed for biomedical or health outcomes. Participants may receive diagnostic, therapeutic, or other types of ...

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 criteria. For example, a ...