Single-blind

One side — usually the participant — does not know which treatment is which.

Learning 

What it means

In a single-blind study, one group of people involved is kept unaware of the treatment assignment. Most often that is the participant, while the study team knows.

Why it matters if you take part

It reduces the chance that knowing your assignment changes how you report your symptoms, while still letting the team manage your care with full information.

Related terms

Trials recruiting now that are single-blind

358 recruiting trials in our Canadian corpus are single-blind.

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.