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Clinical trial
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clinical trial
n.
A research study using consenting human subjects that tests the effectiveness and safety of a treatment, a diagnostic tool, or a prophylactic intervention.
Clinical trial
All new drugs undergo clinical trials before approval. Clinical trials are carefully conducted tests in which effectiveness and side effects are studied, with the placebo effect eliminated.
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clinical trial,
n a trial based upon the scientific method in which a control group and a test group are compared over time in order to study a single, differing factor.
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In randomized, controlled trials, two identical groups are divided randomly into a control group and an experimental group; both groups are followed prospectively for specific endpoints.
Evidence-based medicine by Sataloff, Robert T. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
The corrected sentence with the inclusion of reference 1 is: "His comments supported the fact that studies of prognosis are being recognized for their clinical importance and that--as we move toward the application of their results to clinical practice (1)--their methods are undergoing the same scrutiny that the reporting of randomized controlled trials was going through several years ago.
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Our review highlights the limitations of existing data; however, since further individually randomized, controlled trials of IPT would be inappropriate, additional data of this type are unlikely to become available.
Isoniazid preventive therapy and risk for resistant tuberculosis by Grant, Alison D. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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