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Double-Blind Trials

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Double-Blind Trials

In clinical trials, some patients are given a placebo (an alternative that does not contain any of the drug). Whether a patient gets the drug or the placebo is randomly chosen. Neither the patient nor the doctor knows who has received which.

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Unbiased

  • Double-blind trials make sure that a test is perfectly fair.
  • If either the patient or doctor knew what they were taking, it could skew the outcomes of the trial.
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Identical conditions

  • All the conditions are kept identical across the two groups so that only the drug has an impact on a patient’s health.

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