PHASE IV CLINICAL TRIALS
Dictionary entry overview: What does phase IV clinical trials mean? • PHASE IV CLINICAL TRIALS (noun)
The noun PHASE IV CLINICAL TRIALS has 1 sense:
1. sometimes the FDA approves a drug for general use but requires the manufacturer to continue to monitor its effects; during this phase the drug may be tried on slightly different patient populations than those studied in earlier trials
Familiarity information: PHASE IV CLINICAL TRIALS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PHASE IV CLINICAL TRIALS (noun)
Meaning:
Sometimes the FDA approves a drug for general use but requires the manufacturer to continue to monitor its effects; during this phase the drug may be tried on slightly different patient populations than those studied in earlier trials
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
phase IV; phase IV clinical trials
Hypernyms ("phase IV clinical trials" 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)
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