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Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Tree Number(s)
E05.318.372.250.250.365.500
N05.715.360.330.250.250.365.500
N06.850.520.450.250.250.365.500
Unique ID
D016032
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016032
Annotation
for general design, methodology, economics, etc. of randomized controlled trials; a different heading RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL is used for reports of a specific randomized trial
Scope Note
Works about clinical trials that involve at least one test treatment and one control treatment, concurrent enrollment and follow-up of the test- and control-treated groups, and in which the treatments to be administered are selected by a random process, such as the use of a random-numbers table.
Entry Term(s)
Clinical Trials, Randomized
Controlled Clinical Trials, Randomized
Trials, Randomized Clinical
Previous Indexing
Clinical Trials (1966-1989)
See Also
Non-Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Public MeSH Note
2008; see RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS 1990-2007
History Note
2008(1990)
Date Established
1990/01/01
Date of Entry
1989/05/25
Revision Date
2018/06/29
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic Preferred
Clinical Trials, Randomized Narrower
Controlled Clinical Trials, Randomized Narrower
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