clinical trial

clinical trial

English

Noun

clinical trial (plural clinical trials)

1. (medicine) A test of a medication or other medical treatment (such as a medical device), usually a comparison against a placebo, other medications or devices, or the standard medical treatment for a patient's condition.

Translations

test

Afrikaans: kliniese ondersoek (af) Catalan: assaig clínic m Chinese: Mandarin: 臨床試驗／临床试验 (línchuáng shìyàn) Finnish: kliininen koe Polish: eksperyment kliniczny m Russian: клини́ческое иссле́дование n (kliníčeskoje isslédovanije), клини́ческое испыта́ние n (kliníčeskoje ispytánije) Spanish: ensayo clínico m Ukrainian: кліні́чне випро́бування n (kliníčne vypróbuvannja)

See also

• double-blind
• RCT