noun
phase I study; phase I trial
Clinical trial term; the first stage of testing a new drug or treatment in humans, primarily to assess safety.
新薬の第1相試験が来月から始まる。
The phase I trial of the new drug will start next month.
Standard kanji spelling using the numeral 一.
Variant using the Arabic numeral 1; common in technical documents.
Compound of 第一相 (phase I) + 試験 (test, trial). A direct translation of the English clinical trial term.