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active control
ac·tive con·trol
Definitions related to active control:
  • (active) A type of control, which has a demonstrated effect, administered as a comparator to subjects in a clinical trial.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • The use of a pharmacologic substance as a control within a treatment regimen where the pharmacologic properties of that substance are relevant to the condition being treated.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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