Works about pre-planned studies of the safety, efficacy, or optimum dosage schedule (if appropriate) of one or more diagnostic, therapeutic, or prophylactic drugs, devices, or techniques selected according to predetermined criteria of eligibility and observed for predefined evidence of favorable and unfavorable effects. This concept includes clinical trials conducted both in the U.S. and in other countries.

Annotation

for general design, methodology, economics, etc. of clinical trials; a different heading CLINICAL TRIAL is used for reports of a specific clinical trial

DUI

D002986 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0004572

Previous indexing

Drug Evaluation (1974-1979)

History note

2008(1965)

Public note

2008; see CLINICAL TRIALS 1980-2007