Research Activity
clinical research
clin·i·cal re·search [ klin-i-kuhl ri-surch, ree-surch ]
Definitions related to clinical research:
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(clinical study) A clinical study involves research using human volunteers (also called participants) that is intended to add to medical knowledge. There are two main types of clinical studies: clinical trials (also called interventional studies) and observational studies.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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(clinical study) A work that reports on the results of a research study to evaluate interventions or exposures on biomedical or health-related outcomes. The two main types of clinical studies are interventional studies (clinical trials) and observational studies. While most clinical studies concern humans, this publication type may be used for clinical veterinary articles meeting the requisites for humans.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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(clinical study) Research conducted with human subjects or on material of human origin in which an investigator directly interacts with human subjects; includes development of new technologies, study of mechanisms of human diseases, therapy, clinical trials, epidemiologic, behavior, and health services research.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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