Archives: Glossary Terms

The body’s reaction to a substance, illness, or infection.

An application to the United States Food & Drug Administration (FDA) to get permission to use a drug in a research study that enrolls people.

The person or group that has overall responsibility for a research study and may also provide funding for the study.

A health change that is not the intended effect of the treatment and usually considered a problem.

Research that uses new data collected from participants.

A number that researchers use to show that a result did not occur by chance.

The way that a study endpoint is measured.

To stop a study treatment in a participant.

To remove a study participant from a study.

When two or more measures are linked.