The effects of an open design on trial participant recruitment, compliance and retention – a randomized controlled trial comparison with a blinded, placebo-controlled design
- 1 December 2004
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by SAGE Publications in Clinical Trials
- Vol. 1 (6) , 490-498
- https://doi.org/10.1191/1740774504cn053oa
Abstract
Background In randomized trials there may be no overriding reason whether or not to have a placebo control.Keywords
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