Definition of "clinical test" []

• A rigorously controlled test of a new drug or a new invasive medical device on human subjects; in the United States it is conducted under the direction of the FDA before being made available for general clinical use (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Two additional clinical tests yielding significant data on SAAVE’s effect on alcoholics, and one clinical test of its effect on adult children of alcoholics, provided support for the basic assumptions underlying the theory."