Other terms
- Clinical Research or Study Coordinator (CRC)
- Clinical Study Build
- Clinical Trial
- ClinOps (Clinical Operations)
- Collagen
- Colon cancer
- Colonoscopy
- Companion Diagnostics CDx
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)
- Computed Tomography (CT or CTA scan)
- Concomitant Medication
- Conflict of Interest
Clinical Research
Clinical research is a study that is either conducted directly on human subjects, or uses material of human origin, with the intention of generating useful knowledge about human health and illness, and ways to prevent, diagnose, and treat diseases. Clinical research studies are classified either as interventional studies (clinical trials) or observational studies.
Clinical research includes:
- Patient oriented research
- Development of new technologies
- Mechanisms of human disease
- Therapeutic interventions
- Clinical trials
- Epidemiologic and behavioral studies
- Outcomes research and health services research
Source: Glossary of NIH Terms. (n.d.). NIH Grants & Funding. Retrieved January 7, 2022, from https://grants.nih.gov/grants/glossary.htm#C
