Dec 20, 2005 17:18
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randomised (here)

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The patient will be randomised

What do they mean by randomised?
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Dec 20, 2005 17:36: Robert Forstag changed "Field" from "Other" to "Medical"

Dec 20, 2005 23:12: Lakasa Stnorden changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"

Mar 6, 2006 02:21: Robert Forstag changed "Field (specific)" from "Other" to "Medical (general)"

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

PRO (3): Robert Forstag, MPGS, Lakasa Stnorden

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will be randomly assigned to one of the two or more groups of the study

It means that the patient will be randomly assigned to one of the two or more groups that comprise the study. Typically there is at least a control group that gets a placebo drug and a study group that gets the drug whose effects are actually being tested.

Good luck.
Peer comment(s):

agree MPGS : :)
2 mins
:-D
agree Elizabeth Rudin
13 mins
Thank you, Elizabeth.
agree MMUlr
1 hr
Thank you, Herr Doktor.
agree Romanian Translator (X)
2 hrs
Thank you, Awana.
agree Peter Shortall
4 hrs
Thank you, Peter.
agree Alfa Trans (X)
1 day 6 mins
Thank you, Marju. Hauskaa Joulua!
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randomly assigned

Without more context the specific meaning is unclear, but in general it has to do with random assignment of the study drug/treatment or the alternative (placebo or alternate treatment) to patients. If the assignment is deterministic instead of random, then statistical tests performed on the study results will not be valid.
Peer comment(s):

agree MPGS : :)
2 mins
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4 mins

randomiseret (her)

ubestemt udvalgsmåde - random allocation
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5 hrs

yes

Twenty-five patients will be randomized to take Pravastatin or placebo for six
weeks, 25 patients will be randomized to take Rosiglitazone or placebo for ...
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