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Clinical Trials as Topic - Methods
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Definition of 'Clinical Trials as Topic'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. Common names: Clinical Trials as Topic; Clinical Trial as Topic |
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Science, technology, and innovation: nursing responsibilities in clinical research.
29 Nov 2009 
Clinical research is a systematic investigation of human biology, health, or illness involving human beings. It builds on laboratory and animal studies and often involves clinical trials, which are specifically designed to test the safety and ... Read more...
The present efficacy of multiple sclerosis therapeutics: Is the new 66% just the old 33%?
20 Sep 2009 A challenge for the clinician treating patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) is to determine the most effective treatment while weighing the benefits and risks. Results of the phase 2 and phase 3 studies on natalizumab were received with great ... Read more...
New approaches to drug safety: a pharmacovigilance tool kit.
16 Sep 2009 The importance of pharmacovigilance - the ongoing assessment of the safety of a marketed medicine - has been increasingly appreciated in recent years, owing in part to high-profile safety issues with widely used drugs. In response, strategies to ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Clinical Trials as Topic - Methods'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Science, technology, and innovation: nursing responsibilities in clinical research. 29 Nov 2009
- Lost in a jungle of evidence: we need a compass.
18 Oct 2009 - Lost in a jungle of evidence: we need a compass. Practice parameters and technology assessments: what they are, what they are not, and why you should care. 18 Oct 2009
- Missed opportunities in the trial on proton-pump inhibitor therapy in bleeding peptic ulcers. 18 Oct 2009
- NerveCenter: media focus on 'miracle cure' for cerebral palsy pits science vs. hype. 29 Sep 2009
- Santhera licenses novel dyskinesia therapy to Biovail. 29 Sep 2009
- Lessons from the lung for targeted anticancer drugs. 29 Sep 2009
- The present efficacy of multiple sclerosis therapeutics: Is the new 66% just the old 33%? 20 Sep 2009
- New approaches to drug safety: a pharmacovigilance tool kit. 16 Sep 2009
- Clinical trials and methodological problems in prion diseases. 30 Aug 2009
- Defining and labeling disease-modifying treatments for Alzheimer's disease. 30 Aug 2009
- Current Alzheimer's disease clinical trials: methods and placebo outcomes. 30 Aug 2009
- Strategies for overcoming site and recruitment challenges in research studies based in intensive care units. 30 Aug 2009
- Scientific and ethical issues related to deep brain stimulation for disorders of mood, behavior, and thought. 30 Aug 2009
- Running an international paediatric non-commercial clinical trial. 30 Aug 2009
- Progression-free survival in bevacizumab-based first-line treatment for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer: is it a really good end point? 29 Aug 2009
- Comparative effectiveness research: a proposal for funding in ovarian cancer. 18 Aug 2009
- Assessing the usefulness of health-related quality-of-life trials: a clinician's perspective using two COPD examples. 16 Aug 2009
- Reliability of the modified Rankin Scale: a systematic review. 11 Aug 2009
- Challenges in analgesic drug development. 10 Aug 2009
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Technical information about 'Clinical Trials as Topic'
Definition: 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.
Descriptor UI: D002986
Alternative terms: Clinical Trials as Topic; Clinical Trial as Topic;
Related Mesh Headings: Meta-Analysis as Topic; Drug Approval; Clinical Trials Data Monitoring Committees; Therapies, Investigational;
Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; economics; history; instrumentation; methods; mortality; nursing; psychology; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics; legislation & jurisprudence;
Tree Number: E05.318.760.535; E05.337.250; N05.715.360.775.235; N06.850.520.450.535;
History Note: 2008(1965)
Technical Notes: for general design, methodology, economics, etc. of clinical trials; a different heading CLINICAL TRIAL is used for reports of a specific clinical trial