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clinical trial

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  1. the scientific investigation of a new treatment that has shown some benefit in animal or laboratory studies, but that has not yet been proven effective in humans.


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She later took part in a clinical trial in Manchester using menin inhibitors, which successfully put her into complete remission before a planned stem cell transplant.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

The Swiss drugmaker released data from an early-stage clinical trial for its 225Ac-PSMA-617 drug candidate that showed so-called alpha particle radioactive isotopes should work in fighting prostate cancer, the analyst says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

That survival rate this strong has “not previously reported in any Phase 3 clinical trial in any line of therapy for this disease,” he said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

Published in The Lancet Rheumatology, the research extends findings from an earlier clinical trial reported by King's researchers in 2024.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026

Their fifty-three patients were, in effect, a clinical trial, and an astonishingly successful one.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

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