Question

A clinical trial was conducted to compare the performance of two treatments. Describe a situation in which it would NOT be feasible for the trial to be blinded. [Be sure that your answer indicates an understanding of what it means for a trial to be blinded.]

Answer 1

A blinded (or masked) clinical trial is a field study of a drug in which the recipient does not know if he is receiving the actual drug versus a placebo. A double-blind clinical trial is one in which both the recipient and the administrator does not know if the recipient is receiving the actual drug.

Situated is like a mediation for cancer patients group and one group who receive one drug for cancer and Another group receive placebo .

This situation will create a lot of mess and will result in condition worsen in patients if they receive placebo