Glossary of Terms and Acronyms
- CHRMC
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Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center (also called CHMC)
- Classified
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The government may classify information that is deemed to be important to the national security interests of the United States. Classification is the means by which…
- Classified National Security Information
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Information that has been determined to require protection against unauthorized disclosure and is marked to indicate its classified status when in documentary form. Related Resource: Classified…
- clinical trial
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A research study that prospectively assigns one or more human subjects to one or more interventions (which may include placebo or other control) to evaluate the…
- ClinicalTrial.gov (CT.gov)
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This is a web-based registry and results database for clinical studies. It is maintained by the federal government to provide patients, their family members, health care…
- closure, study
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For more information about closing IRB applications See: Close your IRB Application
- CO
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Close-out
- co-investigator
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Researcher who works alongside the Principal Investigator or Lead Researcher. Co-Investigators can be delegated all of the duties of a Principal Investigator, but do not have…
- COB
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Close of Business
- Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
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This is the name for the rules and regulations published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of the federal government. The CFR…