randomized controlled trial

Aliases: rct randomized controlled trials RCTs randomized clinical trial randomized clinical trials

Systems Analogy

A double-blind agricultural plot test where crop fields are randomly assigned different soil treatments without farmhands knowing which is which.

Randomized Controlled Trial; a gold-standard clinical study design where participants are randomly assigned to either an experimental group or a placebo/control group to measure treatment efficacy.

Mentioned In

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Scientific Sources & Verbatim Definitions

Empirical StudyGuyatt GH, et al. GRADE: an emerging consensus on rating quality of evidence and strength of recommendations. BMJ. 2008;336(7650):924-926. ↗ (Page 924)
"Randomization ensures that any differences in outcomes between the treatment and control groups can be attributed to the intervention rather than confounding variables."