"Clinical Trials as Topic" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Works about pre-planned studies of the safety, efficacy, or optimum dosage schedule (if appropriate) of one or more diagnostic, therapeutic, or prophylactic drugs, devices, or techniques selected according to predetermined criteria of eligibility and observed for predefined evidence of favorable and unfavorable effects. This concept includes clinical trials conducted both in the U.S. and in other countries.
| Descriptor ID |
D002986
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.318.760.250.500 N05.715.360.775.088.500 N06.850.520.450.250.250
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Clinical Trials as Topic" by people in this website by year, and whether "Clinical Trials as Topic" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| 1996 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| 1997 | 1 | 13 | 14 |
| 1998 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 1999 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2000 | 3 | 17 | 20 |
| 2001 | 6 | 12 | 18 |
| 2002 | 3 | 19 | 22 |
| 2003 | 7 | 18 | 25 |
| 2004 | 10 | 38 | 48 |
| 2005 | 6 | 25 | 31 |
| 2006 | 12 | 40 | 52 |
| 2007 | 6 | 28 | 34 |
| 2008 | 9 | 32 | 41 |
| 2009 | 11 | 40 | 51 |
| 2010 | 9 | 29 | 38 |
| 2011 | 17 | 27 | 44 |
| 2012 | 17 | 26 | 43 |
| 2013 | 14 | 22 | 36 |
| 2014 | 8 | 21 | 29 |
| 2015 | 11 | 23 | 34 |
| 2016 | 10 | 27 | 37 |
| 2017 | 15 | 15 | 30 |
| 2018 | 8 | 33 | 41 |
| 2019 | 18 | 13 | 31 |
| 2020 | 12 | 24 | 36 |
| 2021 | 12 | 13 | 25 |
| 2022 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| 2023 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 2024 | 13 | 11 | 24 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Clinical Trials as Topic" by people in Profiles.
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On the use of external controls in clinical trials. J Natl Cancer Inst Monogr. 2025 Mar 01; 2025(68):30-34.
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Design and analysis considerations for investigating patient subgroups of interest within cancer clinical trials. J Natl Cancer Inst Monogr. 2025 Mar 01; 2025(68):22-29.
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Augmenting clinical trials in asthma through digital technology, decentralised designs, and person-centric endpoints: opportunities and challenges. Lancet Respir Med. 2025 Feb; 13(2):177-188.
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Lessons Learned from National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Covid-19 Clinical Trials. NEJM Evid. 2024 Nov; 3(11):EVIDctcs2300291.
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Clinical Trial Design Considerations for Hospitalised Patients With Ulcerative Colitis Flares and Application to Study Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in the NIDDK HBOT-UC Consortium. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2024 Dec; 60(11-12):1512-1524.
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The tyranny of non-inferiority trials. Lancet Oncol. 2024 Oct; 25(10):e520-e525.
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Smoking prevalence and association with sociodemographic variables in cancer clinical trial participants. Cancer. 2025 Jan 01; 131(1):e35560.
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Editors' Note: Investigating the Prevalence of Comorbidity in Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Trial Populations. Neurology. 2024 Oct 22; 103(8):e209893.
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The KEYVIBE program: vibostolimab and pembrolizumab for the treatment of advanced malignancies. Future Oncol. 2024; 20(27):1983-1991.
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Feasibility of structuring electronic health record data to facilitate real-world data research: ICAREdata methods applied to multicenter cancer clinical trials. Cancer. 2025 Jan 01; 131(1):e35528.