clinical trial
nounDefinition of clinical trial
: a scientifically controlled study of the safety and effectiveness of a therapeutic agent (such as a drug or vaccine) using consenting human subjects
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Both drugs outperformed two other experimental treatments in the unprecedented multi-drug clinical trial in the DRC, the World Health Organization, INRB and NIAID said in a joint statement on 12 August. — Amy Maxmen, Scientific American, "Two Ebola Drugs Show Promise Amid Ongoing Outbreak," 13 Aug. 2019 Doing clinical trials in ideal settings is difficult. — Jamie Ducharme, Time, "An Ebola Drug Trial Ended Early Because It Was So Successful. That Could Change How Doctors Handle Future Outbreaks," 13 Aug. 2019 After Abbott spun off AbbVie in 2013, the latter continued recruiting clinical trials in new disease settings and petitioning for regulatory approval across dozens of markets. — Fortune, "Protect at All Costs: How the Maker of the World’s Bestselling Drug Keeps Prices Sky-High," 18 July 2019 Biogen stopped a clinical trial in March that was the latest stunning collapse for experimental amyloid plaque drugs, sending the company’s stock plunging more than 29 percent. — Washington Post, The Denver Post, "Colorado Alzheimer’s researchers shift focus after failures; begin testing leukemia medicine as treatment," 6 July 2019 Biogen stopped a clinical trial in March that was the latest stunning collapse for experimental amyloid plaque drugs, sending the company’s stock plunging more than 29 percent. — Christopher Rowland, Washington Post, "Alzheimer’s research is getting a reboot at small companies focused on the immune system," 5 July 2019 To change the system, researchers need to address the social barriers that can discourage or prevent women from participating in clinical trials. — Katherine Ellen Foley, Quartz, "25 years of women being underrepresented in medical research, in charts," 3 July 2019 Several Zika vaccine candidates are currently in clinical trials. — Laura Garcia, ExpressNews.com, "San Antonio research facility gets $2 million grant to test Zika vaccine," 4 June 2019 Next up, the researchers are currently preparing for a clinical trial in humans. — Elizabeth Siegel, Allure, "Doctors Are Working on an Acne Vaccine — Here's Everything We Know So Far," 31 Aug. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'clinical trial.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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