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

Researchers conducted the first large multicenter randomized clinical trial focused on how baduanjin affects blood pressure.

From Science Daily • May 10, 2026

And I was fortunate to be able to be added to a clinical trial at MD Anderson-Houston, the second or third day of January.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Results from a successful phase 1 human clinical trial of that earlier hydrogel approach were reported in fall 2019.

From Science Daily • May 5, 2026

Without a patient’s full history, it’s impossible to assign the event to Foundayo, Shin said, pointing out that the pill had been “put through the clinical trial ringer” prior to its launch.

From Barron's • May 4, 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