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In medicine, a treatment or action taken to prevent or treat disease, or improve health in other ways. The drug, device, therapy, or process under investigation in a clinical study that is believed to have an effect on outcomes of interest in a study (e.g., health-related quality of life, efficacy, safety, pharmacoeconomics). [After https://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/faq_clinical_trial_definition.htm#5224] See also test articles, devices, drug product, medicinal product, combination product, general observation class, finding, event, treatment, diagnosis. The type of interventional procedure performed. The drug, device, therapy, or process under investigation in a clinical study that is believed to have an effect on outcomes of interest in a study (e.g., health-related quality of life, efficacy, safety, pharmacoeconomics). [After https://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/faq_clinical_trial_definition.htm#5224]
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| DEFINITION |
An activity that produces an effect, or that is intended to alter the course of a disease in a patient or population. This is a general term that encompasses the medical, social, behavioral, and environmental acts that can have preventive, therapeutic, or palliative effects.
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