Randomised
Which group you go into is decided by chance, not by you or your doctor.
What it means
In a randomised study, a computer assigns each participant to a group by chance, much like flipping a coin. Neither the participant nor the study doctor chooses.
Why it matters if you take part
It means you cannot pick which treatment you receive. It also means the groups end up similar to each other, so any difference at the end is more likely to come from the treatment than from who happened to be in which group.
What it looks like in practice
A registry record will say "Allocation: RANDOMIZED". You usually find out your group assignment after you have consented and been screened.
Related terms
Trials recruiting now that are randomised
1,959 recruiting trials in our Canadian corpus are randomised.
A Study to Determine the Efficacy and Safety of Finerenone on Morbidity and Mortality Among Hospitalized Heart Failure Patients
Heart Failure · PHASE3
A Safety and Tolerability Study of HJB647 in Heart Failure Participants With Reduced Ejection Fraction
Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction · PHASE1
A Study to Determine the Efficacy and Safety of Finerenone and SGLT2i in Combination in Hospitalized Patients With Heart Failure (CONFIRMATION-HF)
Heart Failure · PHASE3
An Efficacy and Safety Study of Intravenous Anifrolumab to Treat Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Pediatric Participants
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus · PHASE3
Study to Evaluate Efficacy and Safety of ONL1204 in Patients With GA Associated With AMD
Geographic Atrophy (GA) · PHASE2
A Phase III Study to Assess the Effect of FDC Laroprovstat/Rosuvastatin Compared With Laroprovstat, Rosuvastatin and Placebo on LDL-C in LLT-naïve Patients.
Hypercholesterolaemia · PHASE3
This explains how clinical research works. It is not medical advice and does not describe any specific condition or treatment. Only a trial site can determine whether someone can take part in a study.