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Clinical Trial
. 1978 May;37(5):849-57.
doi: 10.1038/bjc.1978.124.

Allocation of patients to treatment groups in a controlled clinical study

S J White, L S Freedman
Free PMC article
Clinical Trial

Allocation of patients to treatment groups in a controlled clinical study

S J White et al. Br J Cancer. 1978 May.
Free PMC article

Abstract

In a controlled clinical study ("clinical trial") to compare 2 or more treatments for a disease, an objective method of allocating patients to treatment groups is needed. Various existing methods of allocation are described, including those which take account of patients' pre-treatment characteristics.

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