MRCT – The way a study is set up to answer the study question. https://mrctcenter.org/glossaryterm/study-design/
CDISC-Gloss – Plan for the precise procedure to be followed in a clinical trial, including planned and actual timing of events, choice of control group, method of allocating treatments, blinding methods; assigns a subject to pass through one or more epochs in the course of a trial. specific design elements (e.g., crossover, parallel, dose-escalation) [Modified from Pocock, Clinical Trials: A Practical approach] See Trial Design Model. See also, arm, epoch, and visit.