trial (redirected from clinical trial, therapeutic trial)

trial /tri·al/ (tri´al) (tril) a test or experiment.

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clinical trial  an experiment performed on human beings in order to evaluate the comparative efficacy of two or more therapies.

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trial,

n an examination before a competent tribunal of the facts or law in issue in a cause of action for the purpose of determining the issue.

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trial

experiment; refers usually to the trying out of a substance or a material in order to determine its effect. The trial may be a blind experiment, a clinical trial, a double blind trial or a pilot trial.

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clinical trial, therapeutic trial

a test which uses patients as test objects for a drug regimen, a physical procedure, the results being compared with those in patients receiving a placebo or an alternative treatment.