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clinical trial
(redirected from phase I 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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If a new treatment is found to be reasonably safe in phase I clinical trials, the treatment can then be tested in a phase II clinical trial to see if it works the way researchers think it will.
The July-dated document, "Guidance for Industry: GMP for Phase I Investigational Drugs" represents FDA's current viewpoint on the application of GMPs to Phase I clinical trial drugs.
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