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MeSH Heading: Pragmatic Clinical Trials as Topic
Tree Number(s): E05.318.372.250.250.603
Unique ID: D064792
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D064792
Annotation: for general design, methodology, economics, etc. of pragmatic clinical trials; a different heading PRAGMATIC CLINICAL TRIAL is used for reports of a specific pragmatic clinical trial; use only when specified by author
Scope Note: Works about clinical studies designed to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions in real-world health system practice.
Entry Term(s): Naturalistic Clinical Trials as Topic; Practical Clinical Trials as Topic; Pragmatic Trials as Topic; Real World Clinical Trials as Topic
Previous Indexing: Clinical Trials as Topic or specifics (1994-2013)
See Also: Comparative Effectiveness Research
Public MeSH Note: 2014
History Note: 2014
Date Introduced: 2014/01/01
Last Updated: 2026/01/01

Allowable Qualifiers: classification (CL)

economics (EC)

ethics (ES)

history (HI)

instrumentation (IS)

legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)

methods (MT)

psychology (PX)

standards (ST)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

veterinary (VE)

Concept UI: M0584165
Scope Note: Works about clinical studies designed to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions in real-world health system practice.
Terms: Pragmatic Clinical Trials as Topic Preferred Term
Term UI T845214
Date06/06/2013
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2014); Naturalistic Clinical Trials as Topic
Term UI T001147223
Date02/26/2025
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2026); Practical Clinical Trials as Topic
Term UI T001146216
Date12/16/2024
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2025); Pragmatic Trials as Topic
Term UI T001146217
Date12/16/2024
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2025); Real World Clinical Trials as Topic
Term UI T001147224
Date02/26/2025
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2026)

Pragmatic Clinical Trials as Topic MeSH Descriptor Data 2026