ResearchStudy Primary Purpose Type Code System

One or more interventions are being evaluated for treating a disease, syndrome, or condition.

One or more interventions are being assessed for preventing the development of a specific disease or health condition.

One or more interventions are being evaluated for identifying a disease or health condition.

One or more interventions are evaluated for maximizing comfort, minimizing side effects, or mitigating against a decline in the participant's health or function.

One or more interventions are assessed or examined for identifying a condition, or risk factors for a condition, in people who are not yet known to have the condition or risk factor.

One or more interventions for evaluating the delivery, processes, management, organization, or financing of healthcare.

One or more interventions for examining the basic mechanism of action (for example, physiology or biomechanics of an intervention).

An intervention of a device product is being evaluated to determine the feasibility of the product or to test a prototype device and not health outcomes. Such studies are conducted to confirm the design and operating specifications of a device before beginning a full clinical trial.