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Exclusion Criteria

Meaning

Exclusion Criteria are the predefined characteristics, medical conditions, or circumstances that prevent an individual from being enrolled or continuing participation in a clinical trial or a specific therapeutic protocol. These criteria are established to protect the safety of participants who might be at undue risk due to a pre-existing condition, to ensure the homogeneity of the study population, or to eliminate confounding variables that could obscure the true effect of the intervention. Rigorous adherence to exclusion criteria is a cornerstone of scientific validity in research, particularly in the sensitive domain of hormonal interventions where baseline health status is critical.