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Documentation
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DocumentationAll records, in any form (including, but not limited to, written, electronic, magnetic, and optical records, and scans, x-rays, and electrocardiograms) that describe or record the methods, conduct and/or results of a trial, the factors affecting a trial and the actions taken.
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Optical
Having to do with vision.
X-rays
Electromagnetic radiations that, because of their penetrating power, are used to record on film shadows of the varying densities within a part of the body.
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Data-monitoring committee (DMC)
A committee that may be established by the sponsor to assess at intervals the progress of a blinded clinical trial, the safety data, and the critical efficacy endpoints, and to recommend to the sponsor whether to continue, modify, or stop a trial. See also data and safety monitoring board.
Declaration of Helsinki
A set of recommendations or basic principles that guide medical doctors in the conduct of biomedical research involving human subjects.
Demographic data
Characteristics of subjects or study populations, which include such information as age, sex, family history of the disease or condition for which they are being treated, and other characteristics relevant to the study in which they are participating.
Deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
The formation of a clot of blood in the deep veins of the leg, arm or abdomen
Disability
A defect in performing a normal activity or action (eg. inability to dress or walk).
Documentation
Dosage regimen
"!. the number of doses per given time period; 2. the time that elapses between doses (for example, every six hours) or the time that the doses are to be given (for example, at 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. daily); or 3. the amount of a medicine (the number of capsules, for example) to be given at each specific dosing time."
Double-blind study
A study in which neither the subject(s) nor the investigator(s) know what treatment a subject is receiving. See also blinding/masking
Drop-out
A subject in a clinical trial who for any reason fails to continue in the trial until the last visit required of him/her by the study protocol
Diathesis
The constitutional or inborn state disposing to a disease, group of diseases, or metabolic or structural anomaly.
Dysphagia, dysphagy
Difficulty in swallowing.
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Optical
Having to do with vision.
X-rays
Electromagnetic radiations that, because of their penetrating power, are used to record on film shadows of the varying densities within a part of the body.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Data-monitoring committee (DMC)
A committee that may be established by the sponsor to assess at intervals the progress of a blinded clinical trial, the safety data, and the critical efficacy endpoints, and to recommend to the sponsor whether to continue, modify, or stop a trial. See also data and safety monitoring board.
Declaration of Helsinki
A set of recommendations or basic principles that guide medical doctors in the conduct of biomedical research involving human subjects.
Demographic data
Characteristics of subjects or study populations, which include such information as age, sex, family history of the disease or condition for which they are being treated, and other characteristics relevant to the study in which they are participating.
Deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
The formation of a clot of blood in the deep veins of the leg, arm or abdomen
Disability
A defect in performing a normal activity or action (eg. inability to dress or walk).
Documentation
Dosage regimen
"!. the number of doses per given time period; 2. the time that elapses between doses (for example, every six hours) or the time that the doses are to be given (for example, at 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. daily); or 3. the amount of a medicine (the number of capsules, for example) to be given at each specific dosing time."
Double-blind study
A study in which neither the subject(s) nor the investigator(s) know what treatment a subject is receiving. See also blinding/masking
Drop-out
A subject in a clinical trial who for any reason fails to continue in the trial until the last visit required of him/her by the study protocol
Diathesis
The constitutional or inborn state disposing to a disease, group of diseases, or metabolic or structural anomaly.
Dysphagia, dysphagy
Difficulty in swallowing.
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