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RANDOMIZED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Set up or distributed in a deliberately random way
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
irregular (contrary to rule or accepted order or general practice)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb randomize
Context examples:
These dates are required for all randomized subjects; null for screen failures (if screen failures are submitted).
(Performed Study Subject Milestone Study Reference Date Range, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
Clinical endpoints are the most credible characteristics used in the assessment of the benefits and risks of a therapeutic intervention in randomized clinical trials.
(Clinical Endpoint, NCI Thesaurus)
An indication that the subject has been unable to fulfill the criteria required for assignment into a randomized group.
(Failure to Meet Randomization Criteria, NCI Thesaurus)
Randomized, controlled clinical trial with total mortality as an endpoint.
(Level of Evidence 1A, NCI Dictionary)
Prospective, randomized, controlled trials and meta-analyses of prospective, randomized, controlled trials.
(Level of Evidence I, NCI Dictionary)
Actual number of subjects enrolled; may include subjects who were not randomized.
(Actual Subject Number, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Those on OIT who passed the challenge were then randomized to receive either placebo OIT or were switched to a 300-mg daily dose of peanut protein.
(Few people with peanut allergy tolerate peanut after stopping oral immunotherapy, National Institutes of Health)
EXAMPLE(S): If 1/3 of subjects are to be randomized to Arm A and 2/3 to Arm B, then the values of randomizationWeight for Arms A and B, respectively, could be expressed as 1 and 2 or as 1/3 and 2/3.
(Arm Randomization Weight, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
Our study is one of the first randomized, placebo-controlled trials to assess whether folic acid and zinc supplements help to improve male fertility, said Enrique Schisterman, Ph.D., of the NICHD Division of Intramural Population Health Research, who conducted the trial, along with colleagues.
(Zinc, folic acid supplement does not improve male fertility, National Institutes of Health)
This small-scale study of 20 adult volunteers, conducted by researchers at the NIH’s National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), is the first randomized controlled trial examining the effects of ultra-processed foods as defined by the NOVA classification system.
(Heavily processed foods cause overeating and weight gain, National Institutes of Health)
