Phrases with «placebo patients»

"Placebo patients" refers to individuals who are given a dummy or inactive treatment (such as a sugar pill) rather than an actual medicine or intervention. They serve as a control group in medical experiments or studies to compare the effectiveness of the treatment being tested. Full definition

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patient in the placebo group
patient taking a placebo

Sentences with «placebo patients»

About 69.9 percent of angiotensin II patients achieved the primary endpoint versus 23.4 percent of placebo patients. (benzinga.com)
Fred Hayden of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville says both Tamiflu and placebo patients in the randomised controlled trials were also on paracetamol (acetaminophen), so the two were indeed compared. (newscientist.com)
(Later, seven of eight placebo patients chose to receive MDMA as well.) (scientificamerican.com)
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