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Acronyms were first used to identify clinical trials in the 1970s. [5] The first identified instance was "UGDP", an initialism for University Group Diabetes Program. The first trial title commonly pronounced as an English-language word or words came in 1982 with the publication of "MRFIT", referring to the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial, and spoken as "Mr. Fit" or "the Mr. Fit trial".
The use of acronyms to describe medical trials has been criticised as potentially leading to incorrect assumptions based on similar acronyms, difficulty accessing trial results when common words are used, and causing a cognitive bias when positive acronyms are used to portray trials (e.g. "HOPE" or "SMART"). [8]
Clinical trials are used to gather statistical evidence about the effects of particular medical investigations or therapies. This category is for specific clinical trials and specific types of clinical trials. Use Category:Clinical research for articles which are about the field but not particularly about clinical trials themselves.
Pages in category "Naming conventions" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total. ... Clinical trial naming conventions; Common Platform Enumeration;
Examples include—ORRESU, --ORNRHI, and—ORNRLO, all of which are variable qualifiers of—ORRES, and—DOSU and—DOSFRM, all of which are variable qualifiers of—DOSE. For example, in the observation, 'Subject 101 had mild nausea starting on Study Day 6,' the Topic variable value is the term for the adverse event, 'NAUSEA'.
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The DRKS is an open access, free of charge online register for clinical trials and is available both in English and German. DRKS is part of the WHO's ICTRP. The DRKS works with two partner registries in Germany, DeReG (German Registry for Somatic Gene-Transfer Trials) and Clinical Trial Registry of the University Medical Center Freiburg. [4]