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Therapeutic Exploratory Study
A study that explores the use of the particular medical technology for the targeted indication at the earliest stages of clinical development in well-defined patient populations. The exploratory study determines treatment regimen for subsequent studies, and provides basis for confirmatory study design, endpoints, and methodologies. (NCI Thesaurus)
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