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clinical trial

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clinical trial [¦klin·i·kəl ′trīl]
(medicine)
A research study used to find better ways to treat individuals with a specific disease, patients are evaluated after being administered a new treatment or drug.


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A clinical trial is any research project that assigns human subjects prospectively to comparison groups and compares the relationships between a medical intervention and a health outcome.
National Cancer Institute's (NCI) Investigational New Drug Application (IND) to begin a Phase II clinical trial to investigate Lorus' lead antisense drug, GTI-2040, as a treatment for metastatic breast cancer in combination with capecitabine (Xeloda, Roche).
Clinical Operations: Accelerating Trials, Allocating Resources & Measuring Performance is a comprehensive tool designed to help clinical trial operations departments, trial managers, and clinical development function heads benchmark performance and generally enhance clinical operations at their companies.
 
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