Meaning Placebo-controlled
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Placebo-controlledA term used to describe a method of research in which an inactive substance (a placebo) is given to one group of participants, while the treatment (usually a drug or vaccine) being tested is given to another group. The results obtained in the two groups are then compared to see if the investigational treatment is more effective than the placebo.
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Placebo-controlledRefers to a clinical study in which the control patients receive a placebo.
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Placebo-controlledRefers to a research study in which one group is receiving a new intervention and the other is receiving a placebo, such as a sugar pill. Ideally, people in the groups do not know if they are receiving the new intervention or not so that their hopes, fears, and expectations cannot bias the outcome. Results of such a study are more highly valued tha [..]
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Placebo-controlledA placebo-controlled trial is one in which a new medicine is tested against a placebo - a medicine that contains no active ingredients.In placebo-controlled trials, people are assigned to a group (tre [..]
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Placebo-controlledA kind of study in which the experimental treatment being tested is compared to no treatment at all.
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Placebo-controlledAn inactive substance or treatment that looks the same as, and is given the same way as, an active drug or treatment being tested. The effects of the active drug or treatment are compared to the effects of the placebo.
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