clinical trial

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.

Example Sentences

In clinical trials, the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines were shown to protect people against the virus 95 percent of the time and 94 percent of the time, respectively.

From Washington Post

“We’re in the process of starting clinical trials in what we call age de-escalation, where you do a clinical trial with people 16 to 12, then 12 to 9, then 9 to 6,” Fauci said.

From ProPublica

During the clinical trials for the Covid-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford, which has not been approved in the US, researchers tested participants more frequently.

From Vox

In the clinical trials, a small number of adults who were vaccinated still got infected, though they were far less likely to get seriously ill.

From MIT Technology Review

When Lo’s team analyzed thousands of clinical trials, they found that vaccine programs frequently succeed.

From MIT Technology Review

A judge will now decide whether Vannoni should face a criminal trial, or if his work gets validated in a clinical trial.

From The Daily Beast

The group turned them down for money for a clinical trial of ketorolac a few years later.

From The Daily Beast

The team could then hope to move on to an actual clinical trial.

From The Daily Beast

But I've got a rather simpler one: have the relevant governments take over the clinical trial process.

From The Daily Beast

There is, however, one report which may be accepted as a carefully controlled clinical trial.

From Project Gutenberg

The reports of clinical trial are little more than chance observations and lack all control.

From Project Gutenberg

After all, we've hardly had an acceptable period of clinical trial.

From Project Gutenberg