What is a double blind controlled placebo trial?
In order to study the safety and effectiveness of a new drug, researchers usually do a blinded randomized control trial. This means that some patients will receive the active drug and others will receive an inactive drug, which is called a placebo. To prevent unfairness, neither the patient nor the researcher knows which patients received the active or inactive drug. Regardless if you receive the investigational drug or placebo, you will be under a doctor’s care 6.
