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Recruitment period
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Recruitment periodTime period during which investigators must complete enrolment of their quota of subjects for a trial.
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Recrudescence
To reoccur after a temporary absence.
Recruitment (investigators)
Process used initiating Investigators or sponsor to select investigators for a clinical study.
Recruitment (subjects)
Process that employs inclusion and exclusion criteria and is used by investigators to enrol appropriate subjects into a clinical study.
Recruitment target
Number of subjects that must be recruited into a study to meet the requirements of the study protocol. In multicentre studies, each investigator has a recruitment target.
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Random sample
Members of a population selected by a method designed to ensure that each person in the target group has an equal chance of selection.
Randomisation
Allocation of individuals to groups, eg. for experimental and control regimens, by chance, in order to make groups similar at the start of an investigation. The randomisation process may or may not consider particular characteristics of the subject being entered.
Raw data
Records of original observations, measurements, and activities (such as laboratory notes, evaluations, data recorded by automated instruments) without conclusions or interpretations.
Recruitment (investigators)
Process used initiating Investigators or sponsor to select investigators for a clinical study.
Recruitment (subjects)
Process that employs inclusion and exclusion criteria and is used by investigators to enrol appropriate subjects into a clinical study.
Recruitment period
Recruitment target
Number of subjects that must be recruited into a study to meet the requirements of the study protocol. In multicentre studies, each investigator has a recruitment target.
Rehabilitation unit
A section of a hospital dedicated to comprehensive organised programmes of inpatient rehabilitation.
Risk
In clinical trials, the probability of harm or discomfort for subjects, arising from the test product. Acceptable risk differs depending on the condition for which a product is being tested. A product for sore throat, for example, will be expected to have a low incidence of side effects. However, unpleasant side effects may be an acceptable risk when testing a promising treatment for a life-threatening illness.
R.D.
Registered Dietitian.
Reactive hypoglycemia
A fall in blood sugar which causes symptoms during the period following meals. Simply put, the body has trouble braking the secretion of insulin after a meal, resulting in the blood sugar dropping further than it should. Reactive hypoglycemia is different from spontaneous hypoglycemia, which is not assoicated with meal ingestion. Reactive hypoglycemia generally has a benign prognosis.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Recrudescence
To reoccur after a temporary absence.
Recruitment (investigators)
Process used initiating Investigators or sponsor to select investigators for a clinical study.
Recruitment (subjects)
Process that employs inclusion and exclusion criteria and is used by investigators to enrol appropriate subjects into a clinical study.
Recruitment target
Number of subjects that must be recruited into a study to meet the requirements of the study protocol. In multicentre studies, each investigator has a recruitment target.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Random sample
Members of a population selected by a method designed to ensure that each person in the target group has an equal chance of selection.
Randomisation
Allocation of individuals to groups, eg. for experimental and control regimens, by chance, in order to make groups similar at the start of an investigation. The randomisation process may or may not consider particular characteristics of the subject being entered.
Raw data
Records of original observations, measurements, and activities (such as laboratory notes, evaluations, data recorded by automated instruments) without conclusions or interpretations.
Recruitment (investigators)
Process used initiating Investigators or sponsor to select investigators for a clinical study.
Recruitment (subjects)
Process that employs inclusion and exclusion criteria and is used by investigators to enrol appropriate subjects into a clinical study.
Recruitment period
Recruitment target
Number of subjects that must be recruited into a study to meet the requirements of the study protocol. In multicentre studies, each investigator has a recruitment target.
Rehabilitation unit
A section of a hospital dedicated to comprehensive organised programmes of inpatient rehabilitation.
Risk
In clinical trials, the probability of harm or discomfort for subjects, arising from the test product. Acceptable risk differs depending on the condition for which a product is being tested. A product for sore throat, for example, will be expected to have a low incidence of side effects. However, unpleasant side effects may be an acceptable risk when testing a promising treatment for a life-threatening illness.
R.D.
Registered Dietitian.
Reactive hypoglycemia
A fall in blood sugar which causes symptoms during the period following meals. Simply put, the body has trouble braking the secretion of insulin after a meal, resulting in the blood sugar dropping further than it should. Reactive hypoglycemia is different from spontaneous hypoglycemia, which is not assoicated with meal ingestion. Reactive hypoglycemia generally has a benign prognosis.
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