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תקופת הרצה

English translation: Run-in period

21:07 Nov 7, 2008

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Hebrew term or phrase: תקופת הרצה

This relates to a period in a clinical trial. (e.g., screening period, treatment period, etc.) I imagine "running period" can do the trick, but would like a verification on this, please. Did I say it's urgent? Thanks!

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English translation:Run-in period

Explanation:
Running-in period is correct when dealing with equipment.
In the context of a clinical trial the correct term is run-in period

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Shai Nave
Israel
Local time: 09:03

Grading comment

Thank you (all) for the very quick response.
Shai, I checked the links you added, cheers. This seems to be accurate.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

running-in period

Smantha

Run-in period

Shai Nave

piloting phase

Textpertise

trial run period, test-run period

iris graf & laurent bruguière

Answers

9 mins confidence:

Run-in period

Explanation:
Running-in period is correct when dealing with equipment.
In the context of a clinical trial the correct term is run-in period

Reference: http://apha.confex.com/apha/135am/techprogram/paper_163374.h...
Reference: http://www.springerlink.com/content/v325r57328060t46/

Shai Nave
Israel
Local time: 09:03
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Hebrew,

English
PRO pts in category: 8

Grading comment

Thank you (all) for the very quick response.
Shai, I checked the links you added, cheers. This seems to be accurate.

10 mins confidence:

trial run period, test-run period

Explanation:
maybe this is better since it is a matter of a trial

iris graf & laurent bruguière
Israel
Local time: 09:03
Native speaker of:

Hebrew,

French

5 mins confidence:

running-in period

Explanation:

According to Babylon:
running-in period
תקופת הרצה (תקופה ראשונית של בדיקת העניין)

תקופת הרצה
running-in period, breaking-in period

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Note added at 6 mins (2008-11-07 21:13:45 GMT)
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there's also a "breaking-in period", but it's much less common

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Note added at 20 mins (2008-11-07 21:27:40 GMT) Post-grading
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Examples:
http://www.healthwatch-uk.org/prize 2008.pdf
Following recruitment, the women will have a two-months running-in period, documenting their experience of PMS symptoms, to provide a baseline record. Thereafter, women will be randomised to saffron or identical looking placebo on a 1:1 ratio, using a computer generated
code. Women will be seen pre trial, at the end of the two-months running-in period, and at 2, 4 and 6 months after the start of medication.

http://www.bsped.org.uk/professional/projects/sga/NESGAS pro...
All children receive prescribed Growth hormone 67 µg/kg bodyweight/day. Non-responders (∆HV SDS

Reference: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct...

Smantha
Israel
Local time: 09:03
Native speaker of:

Russian,

Hebrew
PRO pts in category: 4

20 hrs confidence:

piloting phase

Explanation:
If your papers don't otherwise refer to a separate preceding pilot study, then this may mean a piloting phase of the research study.

Textpertise
United Kingdom
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