as in supportive
serving to give support to the truth or factualness of something
that's an interesting hypothesis but one that still awaits confirmational data
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The company is evaluating the data from its extended confirmatory Phase 2 study of Bryostatin-1, which did not achieve statistical significance on the primary endpoint.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
27 Mar. 2025 -
This method would have theoretically reduced CMS spending on clinical confirmatory trials that missed their completion date.—
Joseph Choi,
The Hill,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Confirmational.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confirmational. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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