Comparator Treatment

A Comparator Treatment is a treatment that an active treatment is tested against in an experimental study.

• AKA: Comparator Intervention.
• Context:
  • It can range from being a placebo treatment to being a standard treatment.
• See: Active Treatment.

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References

2007

• (Day, 2007) ⇒ Simon Day. (2007). “Dictionary for Clinical Trials, 2nd edition." John Wiley and Sons, ISBN:047005817
  • QUOTE: comparator treatment: usually the drug, placebo or other intervention with which a new or experimental treatment is being compared.

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