Synonyms for clinical trial
clin·i·cal tri·al

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1. clinical trial, clinical testnoun

   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

   Synonyms:
   clinical test

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1. clinical trial

   Synonyms:
   Clinical investigation, clinical study,, Note: while clinical trial is the preferred term amongst professionals, clinical study is preferred by the lay public.

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1. Gillian Coughlan:

   If( our study) is replicated, we may have found a potential biological basis for the results of the Women’s Health Initiative clinical trial, which found women 65 and above were more likely to develop dementia later in life if they took that one type of hormone therapy.

2. John Sherrington:

   It seems extraordinary that a licence should be sought for a radical new technique affecting future generations without first conducting a clinical trial, there are also serious ethical objections to this procedure which involves the destruction of human embryos as part of the process.

3. Stephane Piat:

   There was a need to better oversee the clinical trial. We are in the process of doing that, and today everything is back to normal.

4. Owlstone Medical:

   We've now started putting this into clinics so patients who are coming through and getting other types of tests can provide a breath sample so you can match the two; the tests that are currently used today with what you pick up in the breath. And at the end of that process you have a clinical trial result which means you can start to use it in clinic.

5. Michael McConnell:

   You have to recruit a large number of people, and to have a broad, representative population in a clinical trial is challenging.