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accepts healthy volunteers


Indicates whether a clinical study allows people who do not have the condition or related conditions or symptoms being studied to participate in that study. (See also Accepts Healthy Volunteers data e [..]
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active comparator arm


A group of participants that receives an intervention that is considered to be effective. One of several Arm Types.
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active


The clinical study is ongoing (that is, participants are receiving an intervention or being examined), but potential participants are not currently being recruited or enrolled. A type of Recruitment S [..]
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adverse event


An unfavorable change in the health of a participant, including abnormal laboratory findings, that happens during a clinical study or within a certain time period after the study has ended. This chang [..]
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allocation


A clinical trial design strategy used to assign participants to an arm of a study. Types of Allocations include randomized and nonrandomized. (See also Allocation data element on ClinicalTrials.gov.)
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arm


A group or subgroup of participants in a clinical trial that receives specific interventions, or no intervention, according to the study protocol. This is decided before the trial begins.
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arm type


A general description of the clinical study arm. It identifies the role of the intervention that participants will receive. Types of arms include Experimental, Active Comparator, Placebo Comparator, S [..]
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baseline characteristics


Data collected at the beginning of a clinical study for all participants and for each arm or comparison group. These data include demographics, such as age and gender, and study-specific measures (for [..]
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blinding


See Masking (or Blinding).
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certain agreements


As required by Section 801 of the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act, in general, a description of any agreement between the Sponsor of a clinical study and the Principal Investigator (PI) th [..]
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