Archives: Glossary Terms

A medical tool, instrument, or test that has not yet been approved for the reason being studied in the research.

A person who participates in a research study.

A way for a person to sign their name using a computer or device, instead of signing on paper.

A type of research study where some or all of the participant‘s study-related activities happen at places other than a single study site.

A type of study where each participant receives all the study treatments but in a randomly assigned order.

Research that uses existing data to compare a group of participants with a disease or trait to a group without the same disease or trait.

A way to keep participants, and often study staff, from knowing which study treatment a participant is assigned.

Storing biological samples from participants for future research.

Official decision by an ethics committee to allow a research study involving human participants to begin.

How likely it is that a study can be completed.