Effectiveness Clinical Trial

An Effectiveness Clinical Trial is a Pragmatic Clinical Trial that is designed to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of a medical treatment or intervention.

• Context:
  • It can be designed to determine how well a treatment works in practice.
• Example(s):
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • Efficacy Clinical Trial.
• See: Clinical Trial, Clinical Trial Phase, Pragmatic Clinical Trial, Explanatory Clinical Trial, Clinical Trial Participant, Clinical Trial Sponsor, Clinical Trial Protocol, Good Clinical Practice, Comparative Effectiveness Research.

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References

2021a

• (Wikipedia, 2021) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_clinical_research#E Retrieved:2021-12-25.
  • QUOTE: Efficacy
    • The maximum ability of a drug or treatment to produce a result regardless of dosage. A drug passes efficacy trials if it is effective at the dose tested and against the illness for which it is prescribed. In the procedure mandated by the FDA, Phase II clinical trials gauge efficacy, and Phase III trials confirm it (NLM)
    • Effectiveness. In medicine, the ability of an intervention (for example, a drug or surgery) to produce the desired beneficial effect. (NCI)

2021b

• (Wikipedia, 2021) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effectiveness Retrieved:2021-12-25.
  • QUOTE: Effectiveness is the capability of producing a desired result or the ability to produce desired output. When something is deemed effective, it means it has an intended or expected outcome, or produces a deep, vivid impression.

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    In medicine, effectiveness relates to how well a treatment works in practice, especially as shown in pragmatic clinical trials, as opposed to efficacy, which measures how well it works in explanatory clinical trials or research laboratory studies.

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