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Clinical Efficacy

Meaning

Clinical Efficacy is a quantitative measure of a therapeutic intervention’s ability to produce the intended beneficial effect on a disease process or physiological endpoint under highly controlled and idealized conditions, typically within a randomized, double-blind clinical trial setting. It specifically addresses the question of whether a treatment can work in a select, compliant patient population, rather than how well it performs in the complex, variable environment of routine clinical practice. Establishing robust clinical efficacy is a mandatory precursor for regulatory approval of any new drug or treatment modality.