English noun: clinical trial | |||
1. | clinical trial (act) a rigorously controlled test of a new drug or a new invasive medical device on human subjects; in the United States it is conducted under the direction of the FDA before being made available for general clinical use | ||
Synonyms | clinical test | ||
Broader (hypernym) | run, test, trial | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | phase I, phase I clinical trial, phase II, phase II clinical trial, phase III, phase III clinical trial, phase IV, phase IV clinical trial | ||