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You need the placebo for the double blind RCT, which is still kind of the gold standard. But pronating patients is hard to do in a double blind fashion, so it i
by fhars 6y ago
You need the placebo for the double blind RCT, which is still kind of the gold standard. But pronating patients is hard to do in a double blind fashion, so it is less of an issue here.
- gus_massa 6y agoThe double blind part is very difficult, but at least they can have a randomized control group [1]. It doesn't sound very difficult. Also, in most cases the control group get the "standard" treatment, because "do nothing" (taking literally the GP) is too bad. And you want to be sure that the new treatment is better than the "standard" treatment. [1] A real randomized control group, not an unrelated bunch of guys in another city of France.
- bobosha 6y agoIn some cases, the placebo is a currently approved treatment.