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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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Ethan has now been accepted onto a clinical trial for a new type of treatment, as his family say they will do "everything we can" for their boy.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Now, a Phase II clinical trial suggests that two relatively simple interventions, exercise and low-dose ibuprofen, may help reduce some of these cognitive challenges.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

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

A poor clinical trial result in February singlehandedly sent the OMX Copenhagen 25 index tumbling 3.6%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 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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