NIH MeSH · D016449Publication Characteristics

Randomized Controlled Trial

Definition

A work that reports on a clinical trial that involves at least one test treatment and one control treatment, concurrent enrollment and follow-up of the test- and control-treated groups, and in which the treatments to be administered are selected by a random process, such as the use of a random-numbers table.

MeSH classification

V03.175.250.500.500

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Source: NIH MeSH 2026 (D016449) — National Library of Medicine, public domain. View official MeSH record ↗