clinical trial
noun
: a scientifically controlled study of the safety and effectiveness of a therapeutic agent (such as a drug or vaccine) using consenting human subjects
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The Amylyx drug is not a cure for ALS, but has been shown in a clinical trial to slow the progression of the neurological disease. 
Ed Silverman, STAT, 11 Sep. 2022 Dan Dunfee, a patient participating in the clinical trial in Pittsburgh, says it’s like looking out of glasses smeared with Vaseline at a world bathed in different intensities of blue. Connie Chang Chinchio, Popular Mechanics, 25 Aug. 2022 There could be a middle ground worth testing in a clinical trial: one shot of Jynneos, via either administration route, followed by a dose of ACAM2000, says Stephen Goldstein, a virologist at the University of Utah. Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 24 Aug. 2022 The vaccines haven’t been tested in people in a clinical trial yet, though one is scheduled to begin this month, the companies said. Jared S. Hopkins, WSJ, 22 Aug. 2022 Wanda Sihanath, 26, was one of the first people to get the therapy in a clinical trial in 2014. Ryan Cross, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2022 Patients in the clinical trial used immunosuppressive eyedrops for just eight weeks after the procedure, compared to the several years of medication that follows traditional transplants. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Aug. 2022 The woman was enrolled in a clinical trial in Barcelona in 2006 of people receiving standard antiretroviral treatment. Benjamin Ryan, NBC News, 27 July 2022 In Washington state, Dr. Tom Robey has been working to enroll patients who come into the emergency room in a clinical trial to test the antibody treatment, which takes about a half-hour to administer through an IV. Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2022 See More
Ed Silverman, STAT, 11 Sep. 2022 Dan Dunfee, a patient participating in the clinical trial in Pittsburgh, says it’s like looking out of glasses smeared with Vaseline at a world bathed in different intensities of blue. Connie Chang Chinchio, Popular Mechanics, 25 Aug. 2022 There could be a middle ground worth testing in a clinical trial: one shot of Jynneos, via either administration route, followed by a dose of ACAM2000, says Stephen Goldstein, a virologist at the University of Utah. Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 24 Aug. 2022 The vaccines haven’t been tested in people in a clinical trial yet, though one is scheduled to begin this month, the companies said. Jared S. Hopkins, WSJ, 22 Aug. 2022 Wanda Sihanath, 26, was one of the first people to get the therapy in a clinical trial in 2014. Ryan Cross, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2022 Patients in the clinical trial used immunosuppressive eyedrops for just eight weeks after the procedure, compared to the several years of medication that follows traditional transplants. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Aug. 2022 The woman was enrolled in a clinical trial in Barcelona in 2006 of people receiving standard antiretroviral treatment. Benjamin Ryan, NBC News, 27 July 2022 In Washington state, Dr. Tom Robey has been working to enroll patients who come into the emergency room in a clinical trial to test the antibody treatment, which takes about a half-hour to administer through an IV. Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1946, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
clinical trial
noun
: a scientifically controlled study of the safety and effectiveness of a therapeutic agent (as a drug or vaccine) using consenting human subjects