How is it decided whether the patient receives the treatment or placebo?
• We randomise so that each participant has a known, usually equal, chance of being allocated to either group and importantly the allocation cannot be predicted. This ensures that both groups will be equal for all the variables (patients characteristics, other interventions received, etc) except for the intervention under study (tranexamic acid).
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- What do I do if I have a patient for who requires their scan urgently because they need treatment before a specific date (i.e. a patient on the 62 day treatment pathway)?
- Can I give my patient advocate the right to make decisions to withhold or withdraw life sustaining treatment?
- How is it decided whether the patient receives the treatment or placebo?
