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FIH study

(... STUH-dee)
A type of clinical trial in which a new drug, procedure, or treatment is tested in humans for the first time. FIH studies take place after the new treatment has been tested in laboratory and animal studies and are usually done as phase I clinical trials. Also called first-in-human study.
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