Clinical trial — Clinical trials are a set of procedures in medical research and drug development that are conducted to allow safety (or more specifically, information about adverse drug reactions and adverse effects of other treatments) and efficacy data to be… … Wikipedia
Clinical study design — is the formulation of trials and experiments in medical and epidemiological research, sometimes known as clinical trials. Many of the considerations here are shared under the more general topic of design of experiments but there can be others, in … Wikipedia
Clinical research — is a branch of medical science that determines the safety and effectiveness of medications, devices, diagnostic products and treatment regimens intended for human use. These may be used for prevention, treatment, diagnosis or for relieving… … Wikipedia
Clinical trials unit — Clinical trials units (CTU) are specialised biomedical research units which design, centrally coordinate and analyse clinical trials and other studies. Some CTUs specialise in different methodologies, such as randomised controlled trials, cluster … Wikipedia
Clinical trial management — A clinical trial is the application of the scientific method to human health. Since such trials require the use of human test subjects and can severely impact the well being of the subjects, as well as treatments of other people and large amounts … Wikipedia
Clinical significance — In medicine and psychology, clinical significance refers to either of two related but slightly dissimilar concepts whereby certain findings or differences, even if measurable or statistically confirmed, either may or may not have additional… … Wikipedia
Bias — In a clinical trial, bias refers to effects that a conclusion that may be incorrect as, for example, when a researcher or patient knows what treatment is being given. To avoid bias, a blinded study may be done. * * * 1. Systematic discrepancy… … Medical dictionary
clinical detached unemotional — nonsubjective onsubjective adj. undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena; objective. Opposite of {subjective}. [Narrower terms: {clinical, detached, unemotional}; {impersonal, neutral}; {verifiable ] Syn: objective.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bias — In a clinical trial, a flaw in the study design or method of collecting or interpreting information. Biases can lead to incorrect conclusions about what the study or trial showed … English dictionary of cancer terms
Ascertainment bias — In scientific research, ascertainment bias occurs when false results are produced by non random sampling and conclusions made about an entire group are based on a distorted or nontypical sample. If this is not accounted for, results can be… … Wikipedia
