השוואת שיטות

	ניסוי קליני רב-מרכזי שלב III	ניסוי קליני רב-מרכזי אקראי
תחום	אפידמיולוגיה	אפידמיולוגיה
משפחה	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
שנת המקור	1940s–1990s (formalized through ICH harmonization ~1990s)	1970s–1980s (widespread adoption for large-scale efficacy trials)
הוגה השיטה	Codified through ICH E9 guideline (1998) and decades of regulatory practice (FDA, EMA)	Evolved from single-center RCT methodology; consolidated through landmark trials such as the MRC streptomycin trial (1948) and large cardiovascular mega-trials of the 1970s–1980s
סוג	Confirmatory interventional study design	Interventional experimental design
מקור מכונן	Friedman, L. M., Furberg, C. D., DeMets, D. L., Reboussin, D. M., & Granger, C. B. (2015). Fundamentals of Clinical Trials (5th ed.). Springer. ISBN: 978-3319185385	Friedman, L. M., Furberg, C. D., DeMets, D. L., Reboussin, D. M., & Granger, C. B. (2015). Fundamentals of Clinical Trials (5th ed.). Springer. ISBN: 978-3319185385
כינויים	Phase III multicenter RCT, confirmatory multicenter trial, Phase 3 multicenter study, pivotal multicenter trial	multi-site RCT, multicenter RCT, multinational randomized trial, multicenter controlled trial
קשורות	6	6
תקציר	A multicenter Phase III clinical trial is the definitive confirmatory study that tests whether a new intervention produces a clinically meaningful benefit over a comparator in a large, representative patient population enrolled at two or more independent research sites. It is the primary evidence basis for regulatory approval by agencies such as the FDA and EMA, combining the statistical power of large samples with the external validity gained from geographic and demographic diversity across sites.	A multicenter randomized clinical trial (RCT) is an experimental study in which eligible participants are randomly assigned to intervention or control arms simultaneously across two or more clinical sites. By combining the rigor of randomization with enrollment from geographically or institutionally diverse centers, this design produces large samples and externally valid effect estimates that single-center trials rarely achieve. It is the regulatory gold standard for confirmatory efficacy and safety evaluation of new treatments.