Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a large clinical trial of a treatment or drug that in phase I and phase II has been shown to be efficacious with tolerable side effects;
after successful conclusion of these clinical trials it will receive formal approval from the FDA;
[syn: phase III clinical trial, phase III]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
phase III clinical trial
n 1: a large clinical trial of a treatment or drug that in phase
I and phase II has been shown to be efficacious with
tolerable side effects; after successful conclusion of
these clinical trials it will receive formal approval from
the FDA [syn: phase III clinical trial, phase III]