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"... a Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, ..." The important part of the title is the words Double-Blind. The patients don't know and the people run

• bcherry 12y ago
  The patients know they're eating a pill - the administrators have to tell them something about this pill, even in a double blind study. Did they tell them "this pill contains gluten" (even though the placebo group did not receive gluten) or did they tell them "this pill contains no gluten" or did they tell them "this pill may or may not contain gluten"? Maybe they told them "this pill contains an experimental drug for combatting gluten intolerance". it does matter what they used.
  • inyourtenement 12y ago
    I have some small experience as a study subject. We were given detailed information ahead of time which included what was under study, and whether there would be a placebo group. I guess the assumption is that since both groups receive the same information any placebo effect would be equalized.
  • marcosdumay 12y ago
    It's a double blind experiment. That means that the person giving them the pill has no idea if it has gluten or not either.
• raverbashing 12y ago
  I know that I'm asking what they are told, of course in a double-blind study they are never told if they're given the drug or the placebo, but they tell the people "this is an experimental drug for X" But they might have told them "This is a treatment for gluten intolerance" or "this is purified gluten" or nothing