Allocation of patients to treatment groups in a controlled clinical study

S. J. White; L. S. Freedman

doi:10.1038/bjc.1978.124

Allocation of patients to treatment groups in a controlled clinical study

S. J. White, L. S. Freedman

University College London

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	849-857
Number of pages	9
Journal	British Journal of Cancer
Volume	37
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.1978.124
State	Published - May 1978
Externally published	Yes

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