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  2. 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 ...

  3. Therapeutic misconception - Wikipedia

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    Therapeutic misconception is detrimental to a subject's understanding of a study, which is crucial for an autonomous decision. [1] [2] Certain factors can increase the risk of therapeutic misconception, such as studies that are similar to clinical care in terms of research design or when subjects have a limited scope of available treatment, such as a terminal phase cancer patient who is not ...

  4. Phases of clinical research - Wikipedia

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    A Phase 0 study gives no data on safety or efficacy, being by definition a dose too low to cause any therapeutic effect. Drug development companies carry out Phase 0 studies to rank drug candidates to decide which has the best pharmacokinetic parameters in humans to take forward into further development. They enable go/no-go decisions to be ...

  5. Clinical research - Wikipedia

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    Clinical research is a branch of medical research that involves people and aims to determine the effectiveness and safety of medications, devices, diagnostic ...

  6. Common factors theory - Wikipedia

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    A summary of research in 2014 suggested that 11.5% of variance in therapy outcome was due to the common factor of goal consensus/collaboration, 9% was due to empathy, 7.5% was due to therapeutic alliance, 6.3% was due to positive regard/affirmation, 5.7% was due to congruence/genuineness, and 5% was due to therapist factors. In contrast ...

  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. Psychedelic therapy - Wikipedia

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    The psychedelic therapy method was initiated by Humphry Osmond and Abram Hoffer (with some influence from Al Hubbard) and replicated by Keith Ditman, [93] [94] and is more closely aligned to transpersonal psychology than to traditional psychoanalysis. [citation needed] Most recent research on psychedelic therapy has used psilocybin or ayahuasca ...

  9. Medical research - Wikipedia

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    Cell culture vials The University of Florida Cancer and Genetics Research Complex is an integrated medical research facility.. Medical research (or biomedical research), also known as health research, refers to the process of using scientific methods with the aim to produce knowledge about human diseases, the prevention and treatment of illness, and the promotion of health.