The Prospective Registration of Clinical Trial Protocols: When Is a Health-Related Intervention Study Not a ‘Clinical Trial’?

According to the WHO, a clinical trial is defined as "any research study that prospectively assigns human participants or groups of humans to one or more health-related interventions to evaluate the effects on health outcomes" [...].

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Nursing Reports
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2026-01-21
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https://doi.org/10.3390/nursrep16010034
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Ethics in Clinical Research
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The Prospective Registration of Clinical Trial Protocols: When Is a Health-Related Intervention Study Not a ‘Clinical Trial’?

Wachira Suriyawong, Daniel Bressington, Noppamas Pipatpiboon, Richard Gray
Nursing Reports
Ethics in Clinical Research
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The Prospective Registration of Clinical Trial Protocols: When Is a Health-Related Intervention Study Not a ‘Clinical Trial’?

Wachira Suriyawong, Daniel Bressington, Noppamas Pipatpiboon, Richard Gray
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Abstract

According to the WHO, a clinical trial is defined as "any research study that prospectively assigns human participants or groups of humans to one or more health-related interventions to evaluate the effects on health outcomes" [...].

Nursing ReportsVol. 16(1)
La Trobe University (AU), Chiang Mai University (TH)
Openalex Percentile: Top 83%
Ethics in Clinical Research
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