investigational

[in-ves-ti-gay-shuhn-uhl]

adjective

1. relating to, engaged in, or involving investigation, or any process of thorough examination, research, inquiry, etc.

Example Sentences

The investigational drug itacitinib is one of several JAK inhibitors under investigation for their potential to prevent graft-versus-host disease when given before a stem cell transplant, which would be a new use for this therapy.

From Science Daily

But “small samples like this aren’t good for establishing the benefits of a treatment, conclusively showing safety or demonstrating that an investigational treatment is better than placebo,” said Christine Conelea, an associate professor at the University of Minnesota Medical School who runs the university’s Non-Invasive Neuromodulation Laboratories.

From Los Angeles Times

His subject: the Reykjavik police department’s investigational procedures related to the 1983 murder of an elderly nurse in Iceland’s isolated north.

From Los Angeles Times

“Small samples like this aren’t good for establishing the benefits of a treatment, conclusively showing safety or demonstrating that an investigational treatment is better than placebo,” Conelea said.

From Los Angeles Times

So he signed up to a trial of an investigational vaccine made by German pharma company BioNTech, which uses the same mRNA technology as in the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine.

From BBC