A clinical trial that involves at least one test treatment and one control treatment, concurrent enrollment and follow-up of the test- and control-treated groups, and in which the treatments to be administered are selected by a random process, such as the use of a random-numbers table. Treatment allocations using coin flips, odd-even numbers, patie...
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A type of research or experiment used to comapare the effectiveness of different treatments. Patients are randomly assigned to groups. The groups either receive the trement being assessed or are a control group. The control group receive dummy (placebo) medication. RCTs offer the most reliable form of evidence for effectiveness.
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A study that assesses the effect of a treatment by comparing it with either other treatments or a placebo. Participants in the study are allocated to treatment group at random.
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A form of research study where people are randomly divided into two or more groups, each of which receives a different treatment, so that the outcomes can be compared. Ideally, such trials would be ‘blinded’, which means that neither the person in the trial, nor those caring for them know which group they are in. This is not usually possible i...
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Trial where people are put into groups by chance. One group is given the best current treatment or a placebo and their progress is compared with those having the treatment that is being tested. People are usually selected for each group by a computer.
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