Something that looks like the treatment being studied, but doesn’t contain any medicine
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Archives: Glossary Terms
placebo-controlled study
A study with two or more groups where one group is given a placebo.
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phase
A step in the overall clinical research process to test a new drug or treatment.
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Pharmacokinetic (PK) study
A study that measures what happens to a drug in a person’s body over time.
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pharmacovigilance
A process to detect, review, and make decisions about drug safety to protect patients.
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Pharmacodynamic (PD) study
A study that measures the effects of a drug on the human body.
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periodically
At regular or expected times.
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peer review
Evaluation by independent experts.
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Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs)
The information that patients share about their own health or well-being to answer questions in a study.
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participate
To take part in a study.
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