clinical trial

American  

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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Example Sentences

Another clinical trial is already underway to determine whether these cholesterol reductions will translate into fewer heart attacks and strokes.

From Science Daily

Their findings, published in Cell, explain how this approach improved survival in patients with glioblastoma, the most aggressive and common form of primary brain cancer, during a recent clinical trial.

From Science Daily

As injectable GLP-1 medications become more widely used, many people wonder what happens when patients stop taking them outside of controlled clinical trials.

From Science Daily

A new clinical trial found that adjusting how sweet a person's diet is does not affect how much they enjoy sweet foods.

From Science Daily

The Department of Health and Human Services, through the National Cancer Institute, has initiated a potential $200 million public-private partnership to fund clinical trials of vaccines that spark an immune attack on tumors.

From The Wall Street Journal