Clinical Trial [Publication Type]

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.

Year introduced: 2008(1991)

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Tree Number(s): V03.175.250

MeSH Unique ID: D016430

Entry Terms:

• Intervention Study

See Also:

• Validation Study
• Evaluation Study

All MeSH Categories
Publication Type Category
Study Characteristics
Clinical Study
Clinical Trial
Adaptive Clinical Trial
Clinical Trial, Phase I
Clinical Trial, Phase II
Clinical Trial, Phase III
Clinical Trial, Phase IV
Controlled Clinical Trial
Randomized Controlled Trial +