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active placebo: a standalone construct

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Pharmacology

control substance that mimics a study drug's noticeable side effects without its intended action, used to protect blinding.

In pharmacology, active placebo refers to control substance that mimics a study drug's noticeable side effects without its intended action, used to protect blinding. This meaning comes from Jensen (2017) in Journal of Clinical Epidemiology.[1]

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References

Jensen, J. S., Bielefeldt, A. Ø., & Hróbjartsson, A. (2017). Active placebo control groups of pharmacological interventions were rarely used but merited serious consideration: a methodological overview. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 87, 35-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2017.03.001

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