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Did covid vaccine studies use an active placebo (with side effects)?
I know that the studies done by Pfizer, et al, used standard methods with a placebo control group. If you read about blinded experiments here, it mentions:
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Do experimenters in clinical trials refuse to give a placebo to a patient depending on his condition?
In clinical trials to test a new drug, typically there is a group who takes the new drug and another group which gets another already existing drug which is supposed to be effective or a placebo. Each ...
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If placebo controls work even when the patient is aware that the treatment is a placebo. Why are deceptive placebo controls used?
Placebos are “fake” treatments prescribed for the psychological benefit to the patient rather than for any physiological effect. Placebos are used for conditions defined by “self-observation” symptoms ...
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The placebo effect [closed]
Is it possible to eliminate the groups of placebos in all those clinical trials that have a precision medicine nature? Since if it is precision medicine, it is supposed to cure 100% of those affected ...
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When would a placebo/control group *not* be used in medical research?
Related:
Why use a placebo in some potential COVID-19 vaccine trials?
What is the point of a placebo in studies where the subject can determine their group?
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Effects of placebo on viral load in tests for effectiveness of a drug combination for COVID-19
I have very little background in Medicine, pardon me for that. I came across this reference recently. Loosely speaking, this study aims at testing the effect of azithromycin and hydroxychloroquin for ...
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