NLM Logo

Randomized Controlled Trial MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Randomized Controlled Trial
Tree Number(s)
V03.175.250.500.500
Unique ID
D016449
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016449
Annotation
this heading is used as a Publication Type; for original report of the conduct or results of a specific randomized controlled trial; a different heading RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC is used for general design, methodology, economics, etc. of randomized controlled trials
Scope Note
A work that reports on a clinical trial that involves 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.
History Note
2008(1991)
Date Established
1996/01/01
Date of Entry
1995/06/23
Revision Date
2015/04/15

No Qualifiers
Randomized Controlled Trial Preferred
page delivered in 0.16s