Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

comparateur

English translation:

comparator

Added to glossary by NancyLynn
Feb 15, 2006 01:58
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French term

comparateur

French to English Medical Medical: Pharmaceuticals clinical trial
Le but de cet essai est de comparer la sécurité et l’efficacité d'un traitement (ci-après appelé « le traitement ») à base d’insuline retard (agit au-delà de 24 heures) avec inhalation d’insuline ABC - à action rapide – pendant les repas, chez des patients atteints de diabète de type II, comparé à des patients recevant une mixture, appelée ci-après « comparateur », contenant de l’insuline à effet intermédiaire (agit au-delà de 12 heures) et une insuline rapide.

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comparator

A standard term in clinical trial jargon,
e.g. Comparator: A product used as a reference in a clinical trial.
http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/portal/page?_pageid=140,461378&_d...
Control group: [In a controlled trial:] The arm that acts as a comparator for one or more experimental interventions. See also control. (Also called comparison group.)
http://www.cochrane.org/resources/glossary.htm
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agree Rachel Fell : http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=study samples compara... etc.
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agree df49f (X)
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agree sktrans
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agree mdcdc : absolutely
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comparison treatment

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Conformity indices are often used to compare treatment. plans, evaluate treatment techniques, and assess clinical. complication. The conformity index should ...
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[PDF] University of Illinois COMPARISON OF FALL APPLIED HERBICIDE ...File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
0.0001 0.0001 0.0001. Means followed by same letter do not significantly differ (P=.05, LSD). Treatment 1 is the standard/comparison treatment. ...
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agree Michael Barnett
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thank you Michael
agree Michael Lotz
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Thank you Michael
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comparison

It's simply a "comparison". Yes, treatments are being compared. It's not necessary to add the word "treatment". The second treatment mentioned is the "comparison". "Comparateur" means "ce qui aide à comparer".

"the treatment" vs. "its comparison", tout simplement.
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"the comparison"

A no-brainer. They are labelling the two conditions for text-ease, just like they do in legal text.
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comparatot

On my opinion, this is the term corresponding to French word "comparateur".
This can be confirmed through the site of Grand Dictionnaire Terminologique - Canada, found at
http://www.granddictionnaire.com/btml/fra/r_motclef/index102...
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www.emea.eu.int/humandocs/ PDFs/EPAR/apidra/121804en6.pdf

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www.ukmi.nhs.uk/NewMaterial/html/docs/insulin.pdf
www.drugtopics.com/drugtopics/article/ articleDetail.jsp?id=171438&pageID=1


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COMPARATOR, of course.
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