blinded study

Definition / meaning of blinded study

A type of study in which the patients (single-blinded) or the patients and their doctors (double-blinded) do not know which drug or treatment is being given. The opposite of a blinded study is an open label study.

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The Web site of the National Cancer Institute (http://www.cancer.gov/)

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