PHASE III CLINICAL TRIAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does phase III clinical trial mean? 

• PHASE III CLINICAL TRIAL (noun)
  The noun PHASE III CLINICAL TRIAL has 1 sense:

1. a large clinical trial of a treatment or drug that in phase I and phase II has been shown to be efficacious with tolerable side effects; after successful conclusion of these clinical trials it will receive formal approval from the FDA

  Familiarity information: PHASE III CLINICAL TRIAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHASE III CLINICAL TRIAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large clinical trial of a treatment or drug that in phase I and phase II has been shown to be efficacious with tolerable side effects; after successful conclusion of these clinical trials it will receive formal approval from the FDA

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Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

phase III; phase III clinical trial

Hypernyms ("phase III clinical trial" is a kind of...):

clinical test; clinical trial (a rigorously controlled test of a new drug or a new invasive medical device on human subjects; in the United States it is conducted under the direction of the FDA before being made available for general clinical use)