- Treatment. Protocol is designed to evaluate one or more interventions for treating a disease, syndrome, or condition.
- Prevention. Protocol is designed to assess one or more interventions aimed at preventing the development of a specific disease or health condition.
- Supportive Care. Protocol is designed to evaluate one or more interventions where the primary intent is to maximize comfort, minimize side effects or mitigate against a decline in the subject's health or function. In general, supportive care interventions are not intended to cure a disease.
- Screening. Protocol is designed to assess or examine methods of identifying a condition (or risk factors for a condition) in people who are not yet known to have the condition (or risk factor).
- Diagnostic. Protocol is designed to evaluate one or more interventions aimed at identifying a disease or health condition.
- Health Services Research. Protocol is designed to evaluate the delivery, processes, management, organization, or financing of health care.
- Basic Science. Protocol is designed to examine the basic mechanism of action (e.g., physiology, biomechanics) of an intervention.
- Device Feasibility. Protocol is designed to evaluate an intervention of a device product, to determine the feasibility of the product or to test a prototype device and not health outcomes. Such studies are conducted to confirm the design and operating specifications of a device before beginning a full clinical trial.
- Other. Any purpose not described above.
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