clinical_test (HyperDic hyper-dictionary) (English)

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English 1 sense of the expression *clinical test*:
NOUN	act	clinical test, clinical trial	a rigorously controlled test of a new drug or a new invasive medical device on human subjects

Englishclinical test: 1 sense noun 1, act
Meaning	A rigorously controlled test of a new drug or a new invasive medical device on human subjects; in the United States it is conducted under the direction of the FDA before being made available for general clinical use.
Synonym	clinical trial
Narrower	phase III clinical trial, phase III	A large / large / large clinical trial of a treatment or drug that in phase I and phase II has been shown to be efficacious with tolerable side effects
	phase II clinical trial, phase II	A clinical trial on more persons than in phase I
	phase IV clinical trial, phase IV	sometimes the FDA approves a drug for general use but requires the manufacturer to continue to monitor its effects
	phase I clinical trial, phase I	A clinical trial on a few persons to determine the safety of a new drug or invasive medical device
Broader	test, trial, run	The act of testing something
Catalan	assaig clínic

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