How to Use clinical trial in a Sentence

clinical trial

noun
  • Like Pfizer, the firm said its results met the clinical trial’s criteria for success.
    New York Times, 23 May 2022
  • However, the true test of its efficacy begins with this new clinical trial.
    Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 22 May 2022
  • The stakes are high for psilocybin clinical trials as there’s a pressing need for a more effective treatment in the fight against depression.
    Meghan Pryce, CNN, 22 Oct. 2024
  • There is a reason these substances are being explored carefully in the controlled setting of a clinical trial.
    Nikesha Elise Williams, SELF, 25 May 2022
  • In a clinical trial, over 94% of participants noticed smoother feeling skin.
    Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 May 2022
  • The implant was part of an ongoing clinical trial involving 11 patients.
    Evan Bush, NBC News, 2 June 2022
  • Remember Pfizer’s clinical trial occurred last year while the Delta variant was dominant.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 20 May 2022
  • And three large clinical trials since 2007 showed the drug doesn't work.
    Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Found in the first three phases of the clinical trial process.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 26 July 2022
  • The next step is to select wines with both low and high levels of quercetin and test them in a small human clinical trial.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 20 Nov. 2023
  • But their hopes were snuffed out in the early clinical trial, the results of which were published this week in the journal eBioMedicine.
    Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 12 Oct. 2022
  • The team plans to begin a clinical trial next year to test the idea in people with end-stage liver disease.
    Emily Mullin, WIRED, 22 Aug. 2024
  • That said, in the clinical trial, toddlers and infants received the third dose up to 20 weeks after the second.
    Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 15 June 2022
  • The same goes for new treatments tested in clinical trials.
    Julia Landwehr, Health, 18 Nov. 2023
  • The patient who received the new ear was one of the first to have had a successful transplant as part of the clinical trial led by Dr. Bonilla.
    New York Times, 2 June 2022
  • More than a dozen men in the U.K. are now taking a new hormone-free contraceptive as part of the drug’s first clinical trial.
    Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 21 Dec. 2023
  • The platform was put to the test in what the team believes is the largest clinical trial for VR mental health ever conducted.
    Adi Gaskell, Forbes, 30 June 2022
  • The skincare oil was the first ever oil to be used in clinical trials and display signs of improvement for scars and stretch marks, per the brand’s website.
    Maya Gandara, StyleCaster, 9 Oct. 2024
  • For the latter group, Karmo is pushing for Black women to take part in clinical trials.
    Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The study was small (38 people in it had reflux) and not a rigorous clinical trial.
    Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 25 Sep. 2024
  • That decision means children are able to take the shots outside of a clinical trial.
    Liz Essley Whyte, WSJ, 17 June 2022
  • For just ten minutes a day, this device’s clinical trials have shown a reversal of hair loss in just four months.
    Tatjana Freund, ELLE, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Of the 54 men who took part in the clinical trial, two continued to need factor IX injections.
    Julia O'Driscoll, The Week Uk, theweek, 27 June 2024
  • Now, more than 100 people have received the drug in early clinical trials.
    WIRED, 25 Sep. 2023
  • In a large clinical trial, lecanemab was able to reduce the progression of early-stage Alzheimer’s disease.
    Soeren Mattke, The Conversation, 21 Mar. 2024
  • The company also plans to apply for a clinical trial for a human drug in the coming months.
    Caroline Haskins, TIME, 5 Sep. 2024
  • There is also a clinical trial studying the effects of the drug rapamycin on aging.
    Bob Hirshon, Discover Magazine, 15 Aug. 2024
  • The glove invention is in the early stages of a clinical trial funded by the Department of Defense.
    Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 July 2024
  • His parents, Otavio and Zina Good, enrolled him in a clinical trial for children aged 6 months through 4 years.
    Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 15 June 2022
  • The bottom line is that while Airborne or Emergen-C may provide some benefit in preventing or treating colds or boosting the immune system, they have not been proven effective in clinical trials.
    Megan Nunn, Verywell Health, 10 Oct. 2024

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