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  2. Clinical research - Wikipedia

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    Clinical research is often conducted at academic medical centers and affiliated research study sites. [2] These centers and sites provide the prestige of the academic institution as well as access to larger metropolitan areas, providing a larger pool of medical participants. These academic medical centers often have their internal Institutional ...

  3. Glossary of clinical research - Wikipedia

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    A type of research study that tests how well new medical approaches work in people. These studies test new methods of screening, prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of a disease. Also called a clinical trial. (NCI) A clinical trial is a research study to answer specific questions about vaccines or new therapies or new ways of using known ...

  4. Randomized controlled trial - Wikipedia

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    Reviewers examine the study results for potential problems with design that could lead to unreliable results (for example by creating a systematic bias), evaluate the study in the context of related studies and other evidence, and evaluate whether the study can be reasonably considered to have proven its conclusions. To underscore the need for ...

  5. Human subject research - Wikipedia

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    Human subject research is systematic, scientific investigation that can be either interventional (a "trial") or observational (no "test article") and involves human beings as research subjects, commonly known as test subjects. Human subject research can be either medical (clinical) research or non-medical (e.g., social science) research. [1]

  6. Multicenter trial - Wikipedia

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    A multicenter research trial is a clinical trial that involves more than one independent medical institutions in enrolling and following trial participants. [1] In multicenter trials the participant institutions follow a common treatment protocol and follow the same data collection guidelines, and there is a single coordinating center that receives, processes and analyzes study data.

  7. Clinical trial - Wikipedia

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    A clinical trial participant receives an injection. Clinical trials are prospective biomedical or behavioral research studies on human participants designed to answer specific questions about biomedical or behavioral interventions, including new treatments (such as novel vaccines, drugs, dietary choices, dietary supplements, and medical devices) and known interventions that warrant further ...

  8. Research - Wikipedia

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    Meta-research is the study of research through the use of research methods. Also known as "research on research", it aims to reduce waste and increase the quality of research in all fields. Meta-research concerns itself with the detection of bias, methodological flaws, and other errors and inefficiencies.

  9. Scientific study - Wikipedia

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    Scientific study involves scientific theory, scientific method, scientific models, experiments and physical situations. It may refer to: It may refer to: Scientific method , a body of techniques for investigating phenomena , based on empirical or measurable evidence that is subject to the principles of logic and reasoning