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pri·ma·ry end·point [ pry-mayr-ee end-poynt ]
Definitions related to primary endpoint:
  • Endpoint(s) of greatest importance that is the basis for concluding whether the study met its objective(s) and provides a clinically relevant, valid, and reliable measure of the primary objective(s). (After FDA-NIH Protocol Template)
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • The main result that is measured at the end of a study to see if a given treatment worked (e.g., the number of deaths or the difference in survival between the treatment group and the control group). What the primary endpoint will be is decided before the study begins.
    NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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