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ACTs

English translation: ACTs

14:56 Feb 17, 2009
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general) / clinical trials
English term or phrase: ACTs
Active controlled trials.
Does this term mean that are the tested drug is used along with the common drugs used for certain diseases?

Regards,
Mariam
Mariam Osmann
Egypt
Local time: 04:51
Selected answer:ACTs
Explanation:
Yes, it means that there are different groups, one taking the tested drug and others taking other medications, but there is no placebo group (a group that gets no treatment).

The reference is about the question whether one method is more or less ethical than the other but also explains the difference.
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Tina Vonhof (X)
Canada
Local time: 20:51
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +5ACTs
Tina Vonhof (X)
4 +2Yes.
Maksym Nevzorov
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liz askew

  

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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
ACTs


Explanation:
Yes, it means that there are different groups, one taking the tested drug and others taking other medications, but there is no placebo group (a group that gets no treatment).

The reference is about the question whether one method is more or less ethical than the other but also explains the difference.



    Reference: http://www.cde.org.tw/03center/write/book02_b/Placebo%20Cont...
Tina Vonhof (X)
Canada
Local time: 20:51
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in EnglishEnglish
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Asker: Thank you!


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agree  MMUlr
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agree  Anita du Plessis
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agree  Lalit Sati
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agree  Gary D
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
acts
Yes.


Explanation:
This means that one group of patients receives an investigational drug, while the other group of patients receives some treatment which is known to have certain effect.

Maksym Nevzorov
Ukraine
Local time: 05:51
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Gary D: yours and Tina's arrived together, 18 mins, both right
6 hrs
  -> Thank you, Gary.
agree  Tina Vonhof (X): True, the other groups get a drug that is already known.
10 hrs
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Reference comments


19 mins peer agreement (net): +1
Reference

Reference information:
This reference tells you what is involved.

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=M8S8WVRUIY0C&pg=PA9&lpg=P...

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Note added at 23 mins (2009-02-17 15:19:43 GMT)
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We consider the design and analysis of active control clinical trials, i.e., clinical trials comparing an experimental treatment E to a control treatment C considered to be effective

liz askew
United Kingdom
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 88
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Asker: Thank you


Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Tina Vonhof (X): Good reference.
5 days
  -> Thank you. The idea is to help the asker whenever I send a reference in.
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