Experimental Treatment

Experimental Treatment

An unproven therapy which may or may not be better than a current ‘gold standard’ therapy

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experimental treatment

Internal medicine An unproven therapy which may or may not be superior to a current 'gold standard' therapy

Experimental treatment–criteria

Not generally accepted by the medical community as effective and proven

Not recognized by professional medical organizations as conforming to accepted medical practice

Not approved by the FDA or other requisite government body

Are in clinical trials or need further study

Are rarely used, novel, or unknown and lack authoritative evidence of safety and efficacy (AMN 18/9/95, p16)