Clinical Trial
Also known asIntervention Study
Definition
A work that reports on the results of a clinical study in which participants are assigned to receive one or more interventions so that researchers can evaluate the interventions on biomedical or health-related outcomes. The assignments are determined by the study protocol. Participants may receive diagnostic, therapeutic, or other types of interventions. For clinical trials on veterinary animals see CLINICAL TRIAL, VETERINARY. Clinical Trials was used for both humans and non-humans prior to 2019.
MeSH classification
- V03.175.250
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Source: NIH MeSH 2026 (D016430) — National Library of Medicine, public domain. View official MeSH record ↗