Phase 1/phase 2 clinical trial

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-006591",
  "term": "Phase 1/phase 2 clinical trial",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A study that tests the safety, side effects, and best dose of a new treatment. Phase 1/phase 2 clinical trials also test how well a certain type of cancer or other disease responds to a new treatment. In the phase 2 part of the clinical trial, patients usually receive the highest dose of treatment that did not cause harmful side effects in the phase 1 part of the clinical trial. Combining phases 1 and 2 may allow research questions to be answered more quickly or with fewer patients. Also called phase I/II clinical trial.",
  "synonyms": [
    "phase I/II clinical trial"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/phase-1-phase-2-clinical-trial/"
}