clinical trial

English

Noun

clinical trial (plural clinical trials)

1. (medicine) A test of a medication or other medical treatment (such as a medical device), usually a comparison against a placebo, other medications or devices, or the standard medical treatment for a patient's condition.
   • 2023 June, Malvina Hoxha, Bruno Zappacosta, “Meteoropathy: a review on the current state of knowledge”, in Journal of Medicine and Life‎^[1], volume 16, number 6, →DOI, archived from the original on 14 July 2025, pages 837-841:

     This study aimed to comprehensively review and analyze existing in vivo animal studies and human clinical trials investigating the effects of meteoropathy on health and its pharmacological treatment.

Translations

test

• Afrikaans: kliniese ondersoek (af)
• Catalan: assaig clínic m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 臨床試驗 / 临床试验 (línchuáng shìyàn)

• Finnish: kliininen koe
• Polish: eksperyment kliniczny m
• Russian: клини́ческое иссле́дование n (kliníčeskoje isslédovanije), клини́ческое испыта́ние n (kliníčeskoje ispytánije)
• Spanish: ensayo clínico m
• Ukrainian: кліні́чне випро́бування n (kliníčne vypróbuvannja)

See also

• double-blind
• RCT