clinical trial
noun
: a scientifically controlled study of the safety and effectiveness of a therapeutic agent (such as a drug or vaccine) using consenting human subjects
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Paths to space commercialization The pharmaceutical industry alone spends hundreds of billions annually on research and development and on work with contract research organizations (CROs) to conduct clinical trials.
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Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 9 June 2026
If future clinical trials confirm the findings, cardiologists could eventually use genetic screening to identify high-risk patients, monitor them more closely, and begin treatments such as SGLT2 inhibitors before heart failure symptoms appear, according to the cardiologist.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2026
Larger clinical trials are needed to confirm the findings, determine how long treatment effects last and establish optimal dosing and treatment duration both for people with HIV and the broader population.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2026
For now, clinicians are holding off on prescribing GLP-1 drugs to prevent or treat cancer until there is more research, particularly human clinical trials, which some researchers are already beginning to design.
—Lori Youmshajekian, Scientific American, 8 June 2026
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Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 9 June 2026
If future clinical trials confirm the findings, cardiologists could eventually use genetic screening to identify high-risk patients, monitor them more closely, and begin treatments such as SGLT2 inhibitors before heart failure symptoms appear, according to the cardiologist.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2026
Larger clinical trials are needed to confirm the findings, determine how long treatment effects last and establish optimal dosing and treatment duration both for people with HIV and the broader population.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2026
For now, clinicians are holding off on prescribing GLP-1 drugs to prevent or treat cancer until there is more research, particularly human clinical trials, which some researchers are already beginning to design.
—Lori Youmshajekian, Scientific American, 8 June 2026
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“Clinical trial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clinical%20trial. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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