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trial /tri·al/ (tri´al) (trīl) 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

[trī′əl]

a process of quality testing.

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trial [tri´al, trīl]

a test or experiment.

clinical trial an experiment performed on human beings in order to evaluate the comparative efficacy of two or more therapies. See also single blind, double blind, and triple blind.

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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.

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trial

Any formal study of a method or therapy. See AAASPS, ABC, ABCD, ACADEMIC, ACAS, ACCT, ACES, ACIP, ACME, ACRE, ACT, ACTION, ACUTE, ADAM, ADEPT, ADMIRAL, ADMIT, ADOPT, ADOPT-A, AEGIS, AFASAK, AFCAPS, AFFIRM, AFIB, AGENT, AGIS, AIMS, AIRE, AIREX, ALE\RT, ALIVE, ALLHAT, AMISTAD, APASS, APRES, APRICOT, ARCH, AREDS, ARMS, ARREST, ARTISTIC, ASAP, ASCENT, ASCOT, ASIST, ASPECT, ASSET, ASSENT, ASSIST, ASTRID, ASTRONAUT, ATACS, ATLANTIC, ATLANTIS, ATLAS, AT LAST, ATS, ATTRACT, AVERT, AVID, BAATAF, BAATAF, BAMI, BARI, BASIS, BBB, BEAT, Before-after trial, BEIR, BENESTENT, BERT, BESMART, BEST, BETTER, BHAT, BLAT, BLOSS, BOAT, BRAINS, BRAVO, BRITE, CABADAS, CABG Patch, CABRI, CADILLAC, CAESAR AIDS, CAFA, CALM-PD, CALYPSO, CAMELOT, CAMEO, CAMIAT, CANDLE, CAPARES, CAPE, CAPPP, CAPRI, CAPRIE, CAPS, CAPTEN, CAPTIN, CARDIA, CARE, CARET, CARISA, CARPORT, CART, CASCADE, CASCADE, CASES, CASH, CASS, CAST, CAST-2, CASTLE, CAT, CATS, CAVEAT, CAVEAT-1, CAVEAT-2, CBT-CD, CCCCCC, CEDARS, CHAMP, CHAOS, CHARM, CHEESE, CHS, CIBIS, CIGTS, CLAS, CLASP, CLASS, CLEERE, Clinical trial, COBALT, COMPANION, COMS, CONSENSUS, CONSENSUS-2, CONVINCE, COPERNICUS, CORE, COURAGE, COURT, CRASH, CREDO, CREST, Crossover trial, CRUISE, CURE, DAIS, DASH, DASH2, DAVIT, DAVIT II, DEBATE, DEBATE II, DECODE, DEFINITE, DESTINI-CFR, Diabetes Control & Complications, Diagnostic, DIADS, DIAMOND-CHF, DIG, DIGAMI, DINAMIT, DIRECT, DISC, Dose control, DouBLE, DPT-1, DRASTIC, DYSBOT, EAFT, EARS, EAST, EBMT, ECASS, ECCO 2000, EDGE^{™, ELLDOPA, ELITE, EMERAS, EMIAT, EMIP, ENABLE, ENCORE, ENRICHD, ENTIRE, EPHESUS, EPIC, EPICORE, EPILOG, EPISTENT, Equivalence trial, ERA, ERACI, ERASE, ESPRIM, ESPRIT, ESPS2, ESSENCE, ESVEM, EXCEL, EXCITE, FACET, FASTER, FATS, FIRST, FIT, Five-City project, FRESCO, FRIC, FRISC, GABI, GART, GESICA, GISG, GISSI-1, GISSI-2, GISSI-3, GREAT, GUSTO-I, GUSTO II, GUSTO-III, GUSTO-SPEED, GUSTO V, Half-side, HALT-C, HART, HASI, HeADDFIRST, EART, HEP, HERO, HERS, HIPS, HIT, HOPE, HOT, HPYLORI, IMAGE, IMAGES, IMPACT II, IMPRESS, InDDEx, INHIBIT, INJECT, INOS, INSIGHT, INTACT, INTERSALT, InTIME, INTRO-AMI, IRAS, ISAM, ISIS-2, ISIS-3, ISIS-4, IVAT, LACI, LAMP, Large simple, LARS, LATE, LIDS, LIFE, LIFE STUDY, LIMIT-2, LIPID, LONG WRIST, MAAS, MADIT, MAGIC, MARCATOR, MARISA, MDC, MDPIT, MEDENOX, MERCATOR, MERIT-HF, MICRO-HOPE, MIDAS, MILIS, MIRA, MIRACL, MIRACLE, MIRACLE ICD, MIRAGE, MITI-1, MITI-2, MONARCS, MORE, MOXCON, MRC, MR IMAGES, MRFIT, MSMI, MUCOSA, MUST, MUST EECP, MUSST, MUSTIC, MUSTT, MUTT, N of 1, NASCET, NASCIS, NETT, NICE, NINDS, NIÑOS, Nonrandomized, NORDIL, OASIS, OASIS 2, OAT, OBJECT, OCTAVE, OHTS, OMNIUM, ONTARGET, Open-label, OPERA, OPTIMAAL, OPTIME-CHF, OPUS, ORBIT, OVERTURE, PAC-A-TACH, PACT, PAIR, Parallel groups, PAMI-1, PAMI-2, PARADIGM, PARAGON, PARIS, PARK, PCDD, PEACE, PEPI, PETHEMA, PHADE, PHAROS, PIMI, PIOPED, PIVOT, PLAC I, PLAC II, PLESS, POEM, POSCH, PRAISE, PRECEDENT, PREPIC, PRESTO, PREVENT, PRIMI, PRISM-PLUS, PROACT, PROBE evaluation, PROMISE, PROSPER, PROVE IT, PROVED, PROWESS, PURSUIT, Putative placebo, QUIET, QoLITY, RADIANCE, RADIUS, RALES, Randomized clinical, RAPID, RAPPORT, RAVEL, REACH, REACT, ReALIZe, RECIFE, REFLECT, REGRESS, REMATCH, RENAAL, RENAISSANCE, RESOLVD, RESTORE, RHYTHMS, RID--HD, RISC, RITA, RUTH, SADHAT, SAFE, SARECCO, SAVE, SAVED, SCD/HCT, Scopes monkey, SCRIP, SCRIPPS, SEAL, SECURE, Seeding, SENIC, SEROCO, SHARP, SHEP, SHOCK, SIAM, SIESTA, SILCAAT, SILENT, SMART, (S)MASH, SMILE, SOLVD-prevention, SOLVD-treatment, SPAF, SPAF-2, SPARCL, SPEED, SPICE, SPINAF, SPORT, SPRINT, SPS3, SSITT, STAR, START, STARS, STICH, STILE, STOP-Hypertension, STOPIT, STRESS, STRETCH, Superiority, SUPPORT, SWIFT, SWING, SWORD, SYMPHONY, Syst-Eur, TAIM, TAIST, TAMI-1, TAMI-5, TAMI-7, TAMI-9, TASS, TAUSA, TEAM-2, TEIS, TeqCES, TexCAPS, TIBBS, TIMI-2, TIMI-3, TIMI-4, TIMI-5, TIMI-7, TIMI-9, TOHP-1, TOMHS, TOPAS, TRACE, TRANSCEND, TREAT, TROPHY, TURBO, UK-HEART, UKPDS, UNASEM, V-HeFT-2, VA-HIT, VAL-HEFT, VALIANT, VALUE, VANILA, VANQWISH, VAST, VERT, VIGOR, Viral, VIRADAPT, VISP, VITATOPS, VMAC, WARIS, WARSS, WASID, WATCH, WIHS, WISE, WHIP, WHIMS, WINS, WOSCOPS, WRIST, XISHF, ZEUS.}