Endpoint

A measure of the expected effect of the study treatment.

An example of an endpoint is finding out whether participants have less pain.

An endpoint is one of the main questions that the researchers are trying to answer in a study.

Some examples of study endpoints include finding out about the health condition, quality of life, or symptoms of a disease.

A study could have more than one endpoint.

clinical endpoint

primary endpoint

secondary endpoint

surrogate

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