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Natural History Study
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Observational Study
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Observer-reported outcome (ObsRO)
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Orphan Drug Designation (ODD)
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Patient-reported outcome (PRO)
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Performance outcome (PerfO)
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Personal data breach
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Pharmacokinetics (PK)
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Population pharmacokinetics (pop PK)
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Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs)
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Term of the Day

Natural History Study

A natural history study is a preplanned intended to track the course of the disease. Its purpose is to identify demographic, genetic, environmental, and other variables (e.g., treatment modalities, concomitant medications) that correlate with the disease’s development and outcomes. Natural history studies are likely to include patients receiving the current standard of care and/or emergent care, which may alter some manifestations of the disease.

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Sensitive data

Sensitive data is data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, or trade union membership, and the processing of genetic data, biometric data for the purpose of uniquely identifying a natural person, data concerning health or data concerning a natural person’s sex life or sexual orientation. It is also referred to as special categories of personal data.