prospective, randomised, double-blind clinical trial |
<statistics> A clinical trial in which the method for analysing data has been specified in the protocol before the study has begun (prospective), the patients have been randomly assigned to receive either the study drug or alternative treatment, and in which neither the patient nor the physician conducting the study know which treatment is being given to the patient.
(13 Nov 1997) |
psychology, clinical |
The branch of psychology concerned with psychological methods of recognizing and treating behaviour disorders.
(12 Dec 1998) |
human clinical trial |
<pharmacology> Controlled clinical studies in human volunteers to test the safety and efficacy of pharmaceutical candidates.
There are usually three distinct phases of human clinical testing: Phases I, II, and III.
Phase I trials are safety studies of volunteers, usually healthy controls. Phase II trials are studies to confirm safety and study optimum dose and initial efficacy. Phase III trials are studies to prove safety and efficacy in a specific patient population.
(14 Nov 1997) |
disease, clinical |
A disease with clinical signs and symptoms that can be recognised. As distinct from a subclinical illness without recognizable clinical manifestations. Diabetes, for example, can be subclinical in a person before emerging as a clinical disease.
(12 Dec 1998) |
in clinical parlance |
The term often refers to the posterior funiculus of the spinal cord.
(05 Mar 2000) |
epidemiology, clinical |
Epidemiology focused specifically upon patients.
(12 Dec 1998) |